Don't try to activate the Inspector in the NewInspector event handler.
Handle the Inspector events and in the Activate event create your toolbar.

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Public Class Connect

Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2

Dim oApp As outlook.Application
Dim addInInstance As Microsoft.Office.Core.COMAddIn
Dim newToolBar As office.CommandBar
Dim WithEvents firstButton As office.CommandBarButton

Dim WithEvents selectInspector As outlook.Inspectors


Public Sub OnBeginShutdown(ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements
Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnBeginShutdown
End Sub

Public Sub OnAddInsUpdate(ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements
Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnAddInsUpdate
End Sub

Public Sub OnStartupComplete(ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements
Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnStartupComplete

selectInspector = oApp.Inspectors
AddHandler selectInspector.NewInspector, AddressOf
Me.NewInspector_Event

End Sub

Public Sub OnDisconnection(ByVal RemoveMode As
Extensibility.ext_DisconnectMode, ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements
Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnDisconnection
End Sub

Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode
As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef custom
As
System.Array) Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
oApp = CType(application,
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application)
addInInstance = CType(addInInst, Microsoft.Office.Core.COMAddIn)

End Sub

Private Sub NewInspector_Event(ByVal new_Inspector As
outlook.Inspector)

new_Inspector.Activate()
newToolBar = Nothing
Call Me.AddToolbar()


End Sub

Private Sub AddToolbar()
Try

Dim button_1 As office.CommandBarButton

If newToolBar Is Nothing Then
Dim cmdBars As office.CommandBars =
oApp.ActiveInspector().CommandBars
newToolBar = cmdBars.Add("NewToolBar",
office.MsoBarPosition.msoBarTop, False, True)
End If
Try
button_1 = CType(newToolBar.Controls.Add(1),
office.CommandBarButton)
With button_1
.Style = office.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonCaption
.Caption = "Button 1"
.Tag = "Button1"
End With
If Me.firstButton Is Nothing Then
Me.firstButton = button_1
AddHandler firstButton.Click, AddressOf buttonClick
End If

newToolBar.Visible = True
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
MsgBox(ex.StackTrace)
End Try
End Sub



Private Sub buttonClick(ByVal ctrl As office.CommandBarButton, ByRef
Cancel As Boolean)
MsgBox("You clicked: " + ctrl.Caption)
End Sub




End Class