Option Explicit Sub RemoveTheUnremoveable Dim oConfigProvider as Object oConfigProvider = createUnoservice( _ "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" ) Dim oArgs(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue oArgs(0).Name = "nodepath" oArgs(0).Value = "/org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/RegisteredNames" Dim oNode as Object oNode = oConfigProvider.createInstanceWithArguments( _ "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", _ oArgs() ) oNode.removeByName( "Mandatory" ) oNode.commitChanges End Sub