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      Monday, February 08, 2010 6:31 PM
       
       
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      I want to use the "Upload Multiple Documents" button within a document center site, but it is grayed out. When you hover over it, a pop-up message states "This control is currently disabled"

      So how and where do you go to enable this button?
       

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    • Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:44 PM
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      The control is a client integration component, so will be available on a machine where the Office client is installed, I.e. Word, Excel, etc.  If you install the Office client on the server, the control will be available.
      Bill Baer, Technical Product Manager - US-SharePoint http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer
       

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    • Monday, February 08, 2010 11:04 PM
       
       
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      Have you installed the office client on the server and then tried using this functionality?
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    • Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:13 PM
       
       
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      Nothing but the Sharepoint 2010 Beta has been installed so far.

      So when you say office client, are you reffering to the full Office 2010 Beta suite and it should be installed on the same server?
       
    • Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:44 PM
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      The control is a client integration component, so will be available on a machine where the Office client is installed, I.e. Word, Excel, etc.  If you install the Office client on the server, the control will be available.
      Bill Baer, Technical Product Manager - US-SharePoint http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer
       
    • Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:40 PM
       
       
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      Installed the Office 2010 Pro Plus Beta 64-bit on the Sharepoint server... and the Upload Multiple Documents option now works. Thanks.
       
    • Friday, June 24, 2011 12:09 PM
       
       
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      Hi

      The office client integration support  in IE seems to be  determined by the installed version of office 2010.  For example, the upload multiple documents button is greyed out(disabled) when viewed in IE 9, 64-bit;  but is enabled in IE 9, 32-bit when  office 2010 Pro 32-bit installed on the local machine.  

       

      Is there a way to allow users to upload multiple documents with 64-bit versions: of 1) IE and 2) FireFox without needing to install Office 2010 64-bit on the same machine.

       

      Regards

       

      Daniel

       



      • Edited by DanTheManXX Friday, June 24, 2011 8:28 PM clarity
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    • Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:34 AM
       
       
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      I have Office 2010 x64 and IE 9. The control is not available in either IE9 64 or 32 bit. However, on another machine that has Office 2007 32 bit and IE 8 the control is available in either IE8 64 bit or 32 bit.

      How to get this control on all supported version of Office and IE?

      davidh
       
    • Monday, March 05, 2012 11:12 AM
       
       
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      I have Office 2010 x64 and IE 9. The control is not available in either IE9 64 or 32 bit. However, on another machine that has Office 2007 32 bit and IE 8 the control is available in either IE8 64 bit or 32 bit.

      How to get this control on all supported version of Office and IE?

      davidh

      same issue here, works on one computer but not another - both have office 2010 installed - did you manage to find a solutiohn other than to the above?