Add-Ins Disappearing?

[Ben]

Hello List,

Have a strange issue. This particular user has several third party Excel
add-ins that he uses. Every few days they disappear completely from the
add-in list but the default add-ins stay.

Does anybody have any idea on what could be causing this? The times at which
they disappear seem to be completely random. Sometimes it could be 2 days,
sometimes 4 days etc.

Windows XP
Excel XP

Thanks for your help.

Cheers.. Ben

 

[Jim Rech]

When a non-built-in addin is selected in the Addins dialog it is recorded in
the registry under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options

replacing the "11.0" with your Excel version. The specific item will be
OPEN or OPEN1, etc., depending on how many such addins you have. The only
way an addin selected for loading in Excel would not be selected
subsequently is if something altered the registry or the user logged in
under a different user name, as far as I know.

--
Jim
| Hello List,
|
| Have a strange issue. This particular user has several third party Excel
| add-ins that he uses. Every few days they disappear completely from the
| add-in list but the default add-ins stay.
|
| Does anybody have any idea on what could be causing this? The times at
which
| they disappear seem to be completely random. Sometimes it could be 2 days,
| sometimes 4 days etc.
|
| Windows XP
| Excel XP
|
| Thanks for your help.
|
| Cheers.. Ben
|

 

[Ben]

Many thanks for the reply Jim.

I'm still baffled as to why this would be happening, I'll take a look
registry.

Cheers.. Ben

 

[tmarko]

Ben, have you come to any solution or know why the Add-in disappear?

I've got the same problem. Is there a better way to guarantee that the
Add-in will be checked and visible in Tools- add-ins?