installed Word 2007 add-in not loading at start up

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I created a custom add-in with certain security features and installed in HKLM hive so that users other than Admin can't remove that key values from registry. For this i went through the procedure mentioned in Deploying a Visual Studio Tools for the Office System 3.0 Solution for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Using Windows Installer (Part 1 of 2) and Deploying your VSTO add-ins to All Users (Saurabh Bhatia). The addin gets installed in HKLM, but in an inactive state inspite of setting LoadBehavior to 3.
From Office Button->Word Options -> Add-Ins my add-in comes under Inactive Application Add-ins.
If I select COM Add-ins from Manage and click on Go, in the small window,which appears, myWordAddin remains unchecked, and the Load Behavior remains UnLoaded, but i'm setting the LoadBehavior to 3 in the setup file through registry editor.
How to install my Add-in in an activated state so that it appears under Active Application Add-ins?

Posted 30-Jan-13 18:14pm

Sayan Bera

Updated 30-Jan-13 20:18pm

v2

Add a Solution

Comments

Sayan Bera 6-Mar-13 1:24am

The above problem got solved by installing the Hotfix KB976477 for Office 2007.
Actually Office 2007 searches COM addIns which are registered only under HKCU.
So this hotfix makes the Office 2007 apps to search COM addIns registered under HKLM.

Thanks and Regards,
Sayan.

Sayan Bera 8-Mar-13 5:19am

Sorry, the problem still exists for Windows XP SP2 and SP3. I guess there is a version mismatch between Office 2007(including Service Packs for Office and HotFix for Office) and OS.
The problem is solved on Windows 7 and Windows 8, ie, after installing Hotfix KB976477 the COM addins register under HKLM is loaded at Office application startup.
But in Windows XP SP2 after installing the Hotfix, the COM addins still remains unloaded.

Any response to this issue is appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
Sayan.

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)