ITUNES OUTLOOK ADDIN

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This software gets added to Outlook EVERY TIME Itunes is run, even if it is
deleted. Find it in Tools - Options - Other - Advanced Options - Com
Addins. It is designed to sync calendars between Outlook and Apple
products.

Searching Google provides many examples of Outlook probems caussed by the
Itunes Outlook Addin (Outlook won't shut down; Outlook remains in task
manager processes; disruption of Outlook Calendar).

Until Microsoft provides a software fix (ideally, an option to lock out com
addins), be prepared to manually delete this program EVERY TIME you use the
Itunes software.
 
The latest versions of that software should be OK, those after the beginning
of this year. I worked with Apple to fix their Outlook problems.

If you disable the addin it will not re-enable itself. I have it on a few
machines here for testing and it hasn't been re-enabled on any of them after
I disabled it.
 
OK. If you start itunes with itunes.exe (need to create your own shortcut
icon), then the add-in won't appear in Outlook

However, if you click on the itunes icon put on the desktop, you get a
windows installer program and that absolutly puts the program back into
Outlook and, in my case, stops Outlook from closing.

Also, deleting or renaming the itunes addin dll file doesn't work; the file
just comes back.

Any thoughts about how to kill the add in completely.
 
Don't uninstall it, just disable it. As long as you don't try to set up a
calendar synch connection or delete an existing one on the iTunes side of
things it won't get re-enabled. You can uncheck it in the COM Add-Ins dialog
to disable it.

That will set the LoadBehavior value in the registry to 2 from 3 (start with
Outlook). If you set that value in the registry to 0 it won't even show up
in the COM Add-Ins dialog.

Do this with Outlook shut down.

To set LoadBehavior type "regedit" in the Start, Run dialog, then press
Enter.

Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\iTunesAddIn.CalendarHelper.

In the right-hand pane select LoadBehavior and right-click on it and select
Modify. Set LoadBehavior to 0. OK the change and close the registry editor.

I usually start the iTunes software when I'm testing with it by plugging the
iPod into a USB port.
 
Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote...
The latest versions of that software should be OK, those after the beginning
of this year. I worked with Apple to fix their Outlook problems.

If you disable the addin it will not re-enable itself. I have it on a few
machines here for testing and it hasn't been re-enabled on any of them after
I disabled it.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure that I understand what this guy is saying.

I wasn't aware of this add-in until I saw this thread. It is indeed an add-in in
Outlook, but OL (2003) doesn't appear to be running abnormally.

What can I do with this add-in? My wife uses my PC for iTunes and her iPod
mainly because hers has problems seeing the iPod. Hardware issues, I think,
which we will resolve with a new PC.

If I uncheck the addin under the com addin menu will it stay unchecked?

Finally, what does "COM" stand for?

Thanks
 
What I'm saying is if you use it use the latest version.

You can disable it and it will stay unchecked if you don't set the iTunes
software to synch your Outlook calendar. That's what the addin does.

COM stands for Component Object Model, a type of Windows programming.




Snapper said:
Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote...
The latest versions of that software should be OK, those after the
beginning
of this year. I worked with Apple to fix their Outlook problems.

If you disable the addin it will not re-enable itself. I have it on a few
machines here for testing and it hasn't been re-enabled on any of them
after
I disabled it.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure that I understand what this guy is saying.

I wasn't aware of this add-in until I saw this thread. It is indeed an
add-in in
Outlook, but OL (2003) doesn't appear to be running abnormally.

What can I do with this add-in? My wife uses my PC for iTunes and her iPod
mainly because hers has problems seeing the iPod. Hardware issues, I
think,
which we will resolve with a new PC.

If I uncheck the addin under the com addin menu will it stay unchecked?

Finally, what does "COM" stand for?

Thanks
Click to expand...
 
Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote...
You can disable it and it will stay unchecked if you don't set the iTunes
software to synch your Outlook calendar. That's what the addin does.
Click to expand...

What does it sync it with? As I don't use any Apple products I am not familiar
with this.
COM stands for Component Object Model, a type of Windows programming.
Click to expand...

OK, thanks for that.
 
It synchs with an iPod or iPhone.




Snapper said:
Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote...
You can disable it and it will stay unchecked if you don't set the iTunes
software to synch your Outlook calendar. That's what the addin does.
Click to expand...

What does it sync it with? As I don't use any Apple products I am not
familiar
with this.
COM stands for Component Object Model, a type of Windows programming.
Click to expand...

OK, thanks for that.
Click to expand...
 
Same problem when you have uninstalled Symantec Antivirus......
Our dept install Mcafee Antivirus to catch more spyware.
Even though there are no symantec folders on the pc when we installed
Outlook Symantec was in the COMS add-in..........

This is really really weird.

By what logic or reasoning does this happen?
I am glad to hear Itunes has been fixed of this issue.
 
Hello --

I've read the posts about the crashing, etc of Outlook 2007 when the iTunes Outlook addin is on. I have the same problem and it's making me crazy. I can't use Outlook because it is crashing immediately upon opening or after I try to read email. There are references in the prior posts about the software having been fixed. So far as I've been able to determine, Outlook hasn't been fixed. Is there a fixed iTunes Outlook addin?

I have an iPhone and the only way to sync it with Outlook is through iTunes. How am I suppose to sync my iPhone without the iTunes Outlook addin working? I'm very confused.

I really appreciate anyone's expertise in this solving this situation.

Thanks.
 
Outlook does not have a problem that needs to be fixed. iTunes was poorly
written by the Apple developers. You need to install 7.6 or later. See
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080117.htm for links to the download.



--
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/



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Well, Outlook might come with a fix against bad developers. A notification
with a clear message which add-in causes problems would be a good start.
People who know about COM maybe can solve problems like this. Many people
with a pre installed box don't.
 
Apple, Apple anything! <g,d&r>

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After furious head scratching, Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote) asked:

| I'm not sure how Microsoft would build such a thing into Outlook, but
| perhaps we could try to get together a help article that lists add-ins
| that are known to cause problems.
|
|
|| Well, Outlook might come with a fix against bad developers. A
|| notification with a clear message which add-in causes problems would
|| be a good start. People who know about COM maybe can solve problems
|| like this. Many people with a pre installed box don't.
||
|| "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:
||
||
||| Outlook does not have a problem that needs to be fixed. iTunes was
||| poorly written by the Apple developers. You need to install 7.6
||| or later. See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080117.htm for
||| links to the download.
 
I have a few pages with problematic add-ins for specific problems - toolbars
that won't stick, mail that won't send etc. itunes is on several of the
lists.

Plus an older version was not written correctly by the apple dev and when it
crashed other addins were blamed.
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2007/up071129.htm#2
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080117.htm#1

The add-in that causes the crash can be written to the event viewer, but
knowing exactly which one caused the crash is much harder. The current
problem is not that the add-in crashes outlook, but that it just doesn't
play as well as it should. It would be impossible to know beforehand which
ones are problematic - they can write KB's, but that is only after the
problem is identified, and by that time the vendor often has an update out.


--
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/



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Am Fri, 9 May 2008 16:19:44 -0400 schrieb its_my_dime:
This software gets added to Outlook EVERY TIME Itunes is run, even if it is
deleted. Find it in Tools - Options - Other - Advanced Options - Com
Addins. It is designed to sync calendars between Outlook and Apple
products.

Searching Google provides many examples of Outlook probems caussed by the
Itunes Outlook Addin (Outlook won't shut down; Outlook remains in task
manager processes; disruption of Outlook Calendar).

Until Microsoft provides a software fix (ideally, an option to lock out com
addins), be prepared to manually delete this program EVERY TIME you use the
Itunes software.
Click to expand...

I found this thread after searching with google.

I also have a problem with the plug in in my outlook 2003 with newest
itunes 7.x

I have to disable the com-add-in otherwise outlook won't close. But without
the plug-in the ipod calendar and contacts are not synced.

As far as i understand what Ken wrote the registry hack only changes the
way this add-in is loaded or not or even hidden and does not show up at
all.

Does anybody have an idea how to keep the itunes add-in enabled and close
outlook?

Just an idea (not tested): If i write two .reg files one with the
LoadBehavior 3 and one with the LoadBehavior 2. So if i have to close my
outlook i just click the .reg to disable the add-in. Would that work as
long as the plug-in itself is not working correctly?

Markus
 
The load behavior controls it at 'load time' - so as long as you want to
toggle the addin off and on for syncing, it will help the times you don't
need to sync. But - I'd probably just use knockout and wait a few minutes
for outlook to check the pst when it restarts (and avoid closing it at all -
it's open if the computer is running).

Is itunes the only addin?

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Am Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:28:35 -0400 schrieb Diane Poremsky [MVP]:
The load behavior controls it at 'load time' - so as long as you want to
toggle the addin off and on for syncing, it will help the times you don't
need to sync. But - I'd probably just use knockout and wait a few minutes
for outlook to check the pst when it restarts (and avoid closing it at all -
it's open if the computer is running).

Is itunes the only addin?
Click to expand...

Yes, itunes is the only one which causes outlook not to close.

Till now, i disabled the itunes plugin and only activate it when i need a
sync with the ipod.

I sometimes have to close outlook though the pc is running :)

Markus
 
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