Disabled Items

[Anand Nichkaode]

Does anybody have any idea about why Excel 2007 adds items in Disabled Items
list.

I have one add-in which I have seen that got added in Disabled Items list
for no reason as I was able to open the same add-in without any problem after
removing it from Disabled Items list. So the add-in does not have any
problem, I believe.

Any information on this would be appreciated

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sheeloo]

I guess the disabled list correspond to the Add-In list we used to see in
Excel 2003 with a clear checkbox against the Add-In name which essentially
made the Add-In disabled by default... One had to check the box to enable it.
In 2007 one has to move from disabled list to enabled list...

Does this make sense?

 

[Anand Nichkaode]

My question was for what reason items get added in the Disabled Items list?

 

[Sheeloo]

That is what I tried to answer...

This is like buying a bulb... it is in disabled state till you install it...
Same with Add-Ins ... when you get them and copy to the Add-In location they
are disabled... They become enabled when you make them...

Besides the above sometime security settings prevent them to get enabled
till you override the security...

 

[Anand Nichkaode]

Thanks for quick response.

There are couple of things,
- I do not install my add-in, I pass the add-in name from command line to
Excel and it gets loaded.
- The particular add-in was working perfectly before getting added to
disabled items list.

When Excel tries to load the add-in and fails to load, it gives a message
first that time that it was not able to load the add-in. If we try it second
time it says that there have been problem loading the add-in and is added in
disabled items list.

My add-in is and XLAM file.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sheeloo]

I get your point... I don't have an answer other than that sometimes this
happens... :-(

 

[Anand Nichkaode]

Even I have seen that. But there should be some logic to it.

Thanks anyway.