How do I uninstall an Add-In?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

I created the add-in as described in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302901 and now I want
to remove it. I know I can edit the registry directly but how can I do it
through Word?

I went to both "COM Add-Ins..." and "Templates and Add-Ins..." and neither
listed this add-in?????

 

[Wei-Dong XU [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

Currently we are finding one support engineer for you on this issue. We
will update in this thread as soon as possbile.

Thanks for your understanding!

Best Regards,
Wei-Dong XU
Microsoft Product Support Services
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[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

From the KB article,

COM Add-in Registration
In addition to normal COM registration, a COM add-in needs to register
itself with each Office application in which it runs. To register itself
with a particular application, the add-in should create a subkey, using its
ProgID as the name for the key, under the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\OfficeApp\Addins\ProgID
The add-in can provide values at this key location for both a friendly
display name and a full description. In addition, the add-in should specify
its desired load behavior by using a DWORD value called LoadBehavior. This
value determines how the add-in is loaded by the host application, and is
made up of a combination of the following values: ? 0 = Disconnect - Is not
loaded.
? 1 = Connected - Is loaded.
? 2 = Bootload - Load on application startup.
? 8 = DemandLoad - Load only when requested by user.
? 16 = ConnectFirstTime - Load only once (on next startup).
The typical value specified is 0x03 (Connected | Bootload).

The addin has many load behaviors.
e.g. if you set the LoadBehavior to 0, the addin will not displayed in the
ComAddin's windows.

You may try to have a check for the registry key.


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[David Thielen]

It has LoadBehavior=3 (the default for the wizard). Would this keep it hidden?

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

Did the problem persist with all the other addin?
If yes, I think you may try to repair install the word application.
Or since did it exist when you first run the addin?
Also you may try check the Help/About Microsoft Office Word/Disable Items.


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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