Office Add-In does not appear in COM Add-Ins list - 2003

Question

Hi

I am having a strange issue on a user machine which has Office 2003 SP3.  I registered an Outlook/excel/Word Add-In using regsitry settings as follows -

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OFFICE\Outlook\Addins\MyOUTLOOKAddIn]
"CommandLineSafe"=dword:00000001
"Description"="MyOUTLOOKAddIn -- an addin created with VSTO technology"
"FriendlyName"="MyOUTLOOKAddIn"
"LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
"Manifest"="C:\\MyOUTLOOKAddIn.dll.manifest"
"ManifestLocation"="C:\\"

 I set up all required CASPOL settings. This works fine on many computers except 2 of them. The machines have Office 2003 Sp3 with VSTO SE. The add-in MyOutlookAddIn does NOT show up in COM Add-Ins list. Any help is appreciated. I am struggling with this from last 2 days...

thanks

Answer 1

could you try using process monitor to see if on those machines your registry entries are actually read?

Answer 2

I am not admin to the machine and cannot install any software on the machine..does ProcMon need admin rights?

Answer 3

installation is not necessary, simple xcopy will suffice - as for admin rights - i do not remember you have to try it yourself.

Answer 4

Hi Budding,

Your registry entry doesn't like a Office 2003's add-in. It more likes a Office 2007/2010 add-in. As far as I know that Office 2003's add-in project will include a setup project. And it's registry entry more like a shared add-in.

I hope these information can help you trouble shooting your issue.

Best Regards,

T.X.