COM Addin not visible in the COM Addins listing

[Kulvinder]

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

 

[Andrei Smolin]

Hi Kulvinder,

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

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

 

[Kulvinder]

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

 

[Kulvinder]

My outlook is actually Outlook XP SP3

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

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

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

 

[Kulvinder]

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.

 

[Andrei Smolin]

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

 

[Kulvinder]

Yes, the KB is installed.

Any other guess ?

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

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

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

 

[Bharathi]

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