If a group policy is involved you will need to get it changed for what you
want.
Your symptoms could be any number of things. You might not have checked or
deployed all of the dependencies or requirements for your addin. Many of
those files are included when you have VS installed but aren't there for
users. Some examples are (aside from the Framework): extensibility.dll,
stdole.dll, the PIA's and any other dependencies.
If the registry after installation shows LoadBehavior as 3 the addin is set
to start when Outlook starts. If there is a load error your addin may either
be disabled (Help, About, Disabled Items) or LoadBehavior becomes 2. If the
after installation setting is correct then I'd suspect either a missing dll
on the target machines or some security problem.
What version of Outlook are you supporting? What version is on your dev
machine? What OS is being deployed to? What are you deploying with your
project? Is this a shared addin or a VSTO addin? If a shared addin are you
using a shim?
--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
"Dewey" wrote in message
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Hi again
I figured out that to get rid of the error message, I could run the msi
installer with the /qb switch. This makes the installers interface
"basic"
(just one small dialog box), as opposed to "advertised" (with multiple
screens and graphics) which apparently has something to do with security
imposed by group policy settings. I'd really like to have users see my
install screens if possible. Can I?
In any case, the add-in still won't run. It actually does show up in the
list in Outlook at Tools - Options - Other - Advanced Options - COM
Add-Ins, but the box next to it isn't checked. If you do put a check in
it
and click OK, as soon as you re-open the list, the check is gone.
Does this have something to do with me not specifying correctly that the
Add-In should automatically run at startup?
Thanks again
-Josh