When installing Anaplan XL, you may receive an message. This is because of a faulty InstallLocation registry entry.

Ensure all prerequisites are followed.  

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

You can either back up, then remove it manually, or follow the instructions listed in this article.

See the Enable ribbon other options article for help.

When you perform certain actions, you get this message:

Could not load file or assembly 'office, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

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Alternatively, this error may be a sign that a cloud version of Office 365 with restricted add-in support is installed. Anaplan XL requires the desktop version of Office.