Fixing Certificate Errors During Mail Merge Word Add-In Installation
This article is part of the Mail Merge section.
If you come across a certificate error saying "There was an error during installation" while installing the Word add-in for mail merges, you will need to:
- Run the installation process three times.
- Use slightly different steps each time to resolve the issue.
- The steps for each run are outlined below.

For more details on the installation, refer to the
related article on running the process.
Initial Steps
- Go to the RPM_Distributions > RPMWordMailMergeAddIn folder and right-click setup.exe.
- Select Properties, then go to the Digital Signatures tab:

- Highlight the entry under Signature list and click Details:

- Click View Certificate:

- Click Install Certificate:


To
jump to the Second Installation,
click
here.

To jump to the Third Installation, click here.
First Installation
- Select Current User and click Next:

- Choose Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate, then click Next:

- Click Finish, then OK in the confirmation window:

Second Installation
- Select Current User and click Next:

- Choose Place all certificates in the following store, then click Browse:

- Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities. Click OK, then Next and Finish:

- If prompted with a Security Warning, click Yes:

- Click OK in the confirmation window.
Third Installation
- Select Local Machine and click Next:

- Select Place all certificates in the following store, then click Browse:

- Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities. Click OK, then Next and Finish:

- Click OK in the confirmation window.
Once completed, return to the RPM_Distributions > RPMWordMailMergeAddIn folder and run the setup.exe file again, as outlined in this article.
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