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OL2003 - How to disable COM add-in

Postby Mike H » Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:19:57 GMT 

I'm looking at the COM Add-Ins Add/Remove box in OL2003 and I see a check
box for each add-in. Does unticking that box prevent the add-in from
loading?

For instance, I have an iTunes add-in which I believe is used for by iTunes
for some kind of date-driven syncing. I don't do anything like that with
iTunes so I don't want the possible complication. On the other hand I don't
necessarily want to REMOVE the add-in since it's in a non-standard location
and I'll probably forget where it's at in the event that I ever want decide
it's useful after all.


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Re: OL2003 - How to disable COM add-in

Postby Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] » Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:17:00 GMT 

Have you tried unchecking it?  What happens if you do?

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After furious head scratching, Mike H asked:

| I'm looking at the COM Add-Ins Add/Remove box in OL2003 and I see a
| check box for each add-in. Does unticking that box prevent the add-in
| from loading?
|
| For instance, I have an iTunes add-in which I believe is used for by
| iTunes for some kind of date-driven syncing. I don't do anything like
| that with iTunes so I don't want the possible complication. On the
| other hand I don't necessarily want to REMOVE the add-in since it's
| in a non-standard location and I'll probably forget where it's at in
| the event that I ever want decide it's useful after all.
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Re: OL2003 - How to disable COM add-in

Postby Mike H » Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:23:24 GMT 

After unchecking the COM add-in I can't tell that anything has happened to
be honest with you. I ran these tests:

With iTunes COM addin unchecked:
*Started iTunes and refreshed subscribed podcasts. They updated.
*I see no visible evidence (such as a menu item)in Outlook for something
iTunes related.

With iTunes COM addin checked:
*Exactly the same results as above.

This Outlook addin clearly isn't intended to add functionality to Outlook.
Perhaps it adds some automation to iTunes - unneeded in my case since I do
everything in iTunes manually. I see that unticking is sticky between
Outlook sesions - good. 

But again, has unticking the checkbox prevented the addin from loading?
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