How to: Re-enable an Application-Level Add-in That Has Been Disabled
Microsoft Office applications can disable add-ins that behave unexpectedly while they are being loaded. If an application does not load your add-in when you try to debug it, the application might have hard disabled or soft disabled your add-in.
There are different processes for re-enabling add-ins, depending on the application.
Hard-Disabled Add-ins
Hard disabling occurs when user code that runs while the add-in is loaded causes the application to close unexpectedly, and when you stop the debugger while the constructor or the Startup event handler is executing.
To re-enable an add-in that has been hard disabled by a Microsoft Office 2003 application
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On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Office <ApplicationName>.
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Click Disabled Items.
Add-ins created with Visual Studio Tools for Office appear in the list of disabled items as "Addin:<add-in name>AddinLoader.dll"
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Select the add-in and click Enable.
To re-enable an add-in that has been hard disabled by Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or Word 2007
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In the application, click the Microsoft Office Button.
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Click the <ApplicationName> Options button.
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In the categories pane, click Add-ins.
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In the details pane, locate the add-in in the Disabled Application Add-ins list.
The Name column specifies the name of the assembly, and the Location column specifies the full path of the application manifest.
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In the Manage box, click Disabled Add-ins, and then click Go.
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Select the add-in and click Enable.
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Click Close.
To re-enable an add-in that has been hard disabled by InfoPath 2007, Outlook 2007, or Visio 2007
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On the Tools menu, click Trust Center.
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In the categories pane, click Add-ins.
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In the details pane, locate the add-in in the Disabled Application Add-ins list.
The Name column specifies the name of the assembly, and the Location column specifies the full path of the application manifest.
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In the Manage box, click Disabled Add-ins, and then click Go.
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Select the add-in and click Enable.
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Click Close.
Soft-Disabled Add-ins
Soft disabling occurs when an add-in throws an unhandled exception in the constructor or the Startup event handler, but the application does not unexpectedly close.
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When you re-enable a soft-disabled add-in, the application immediately attempts to load the add-in. If the problem that initially caused the application to soft disable the add-in has not been fixed, the application will soft disable the add-in again. |
To re-enable an add-in that has been soft disabled by a Microsoft Office 2003 application
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On the Tools menu, click Options.
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On the Other tab, click Advanced Options.
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Click COM Add-Ins.
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Select the check box next to the disabled add-in and click OK.
To re-enable an add-in that has been soft disabled by Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or Word 2007
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In the application, click the Microsoft Office Button.
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Click the <ApplicationName> Options button.
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In the categories pane, click Add-ins.
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In the details pane, locate the add-in in the Inactive Application Add-ins list.
The Name column specifies the name of the assembly, and the Location column specifies the full path of the application manifest.
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In the Manage box, click COM Add-ins, and then click Go.
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In the COM Add-Ins dialog box, select the check box next to the disabled add-in.
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Click OK.
To re-enable an add-in that has been soft disabled by InfoPath 2007, Outlook 2007, or Visio 2007
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On the Tools menu, click Trust Center.
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In the categories pane, click Add-ins.
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In the details pane, locate the add-in in the Inactive Application Add-ins list.
The Name column specifies the name of the assembly, and the Location column specifies the full path of the application manifest.
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In the Manage box, click COM Add-ins, and then click Go.
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In the COM Add-Ins dialog box, select the check box next to the disabled add-in.
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Click OK.
