COM Addin not visible in the COM Addins listing

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Hi,

I have created a Outlook 2002 COM Addin "Test" which just displays a Message
box in the OnConnection method.

I have facing a weird problem that eventhough the toolbar is installed, it
is not getting displayed in the COM Addins list.

I have double checked that the when i created the COM Addin using the Shared
Addin wizard, i unchecked "Addin should be visible to all users" checkbox.

The LoadBheaviour of this Addin gets changed to 2 whenever i open Outlook.

I have checked that it has .NET 2.0 runtime, Outlook.Interop, stdole and
Office dlls in GAC and the addin has been registered under HKCU

Can anybody help
 
Hi Kulvinder,
The LoadBheaviour of this Addin gets changed to 2 whenever i open Outlook.
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Try to debug the add-in. Looks like you have an exception at add-in startup.
Also, please check Disabled Items: Help | About | Disabled Items in Office
2002-2003 and Office Menu | Addins | Manage | Disabled Items in Office 2007.

Regards from Belarus,

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
www.add-in-express.com
 
Thanks for your reply but thid doesnt solve my problem.

My addin is a simple one just showing a "Hello" in messageBox. Earlier this
addin was being loaded successfully. Even then it was not listed under COM
Addins list.

I dont want anybody to look into the reasons for COM Addin not being loaded.
I just want to know that even if the addin was getting loaded sucessfully, it
is still not showing itself in COM Addins list on Outlook XP 2003
 
My outlook is actually Outlook XP SP3

Kulvinder said:
Thanks for your reply but thid doesnt solve my problem.

My addin is a simple one just showing a "Hello" in messageBox. Earlier this
addin was being loaded successfully. Even then it was not listed under COM
Addins list.

I dont want anybody to look into the reasons for COM Addin not being loaded.
I just want to know that even if the addin was getting loaded sucessfully, it
is still not showing itself in COM Addins list on Outlook XP 2003
Click to expand...
 
Only add-ins installed in HKCU are shown in the list. The add-ins installed
in HKLM are not listed to prevent the user from disabling them and thus
affecting other users.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
 
Hi,

Please read my question below. I have installed the addin in HKCU and not
HKLM but still its not visible in COM Addin manager.
 
Hi Kulvinder,

Do you have Shared Add-in Support Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
(KB908002) installed?

Regards from Belarus,

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
www.add-in-express.com
 
And did you check that it is really the case by looking at the following
registry key?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\AddIns

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
 
Hi,

Even I had the same problem with the outlook addin.. Extensibility.dll was
not present on the machine were add-in was installed, thats why the
LoadBehavior values was changing to 2 when i opened the outlook. I included
the Extensibility.dll in the Addin setup installer and it worked.

Regards,
Bharathi
 
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