When running add-ins in Office, it sometimes happens that there are problems with the loading behaviour. The add-in is not loaded (properly) or is even switched off completely.
Causes
There are several reasons for this, such as:
- Incorrect path in the registry to the shared (config) and content folder
- Manually deactivated add-ins after e.g. a crash of the Office program
- Aggressive way of disabling (delaying) add-ins by Office itself. This is especially a problem in Outlook.
Solutions
To solve these issues you can use several registry files. You have the following options:
- Always enable dStyle (force) in Current User.reg
- Forcing the addin to be on will cause loadbehavior to be ignored, users will also be unable to uncheck the addin via options->addins.
- Applies only to our addins, you can add others by adding a line with the (internal) name of the other addin.
Via this link you can directly download the registry file with which you apply the setting.
- Increase outlook loading treshold to 1388 (CU).reg
- Set the time that outlook addins gives to 5 seconds (instead of 0.5s), it solves exactly the problem below. If necessary, this value can also be adjusted manually (1388 is hexadecimal, stands for 5000ms).
- This applies to all addins! So if there are a lot of slow addins, it may be advisable to disable some of them.
Via this link you can directly download the registry file with which you apply the setting.
- Remove all disabled items in Current User.reg
- Optional to reactivate the addins once when they are turned off. I sometimes use these in environments with a workspace manager, because they sometimes allow the regkey to be run when someone starts an office application. Users can still disable the addin, but office can't disable the addin anymore, so it's suddenly without a trace.
- This applies to all addins, so if they consciously use disabled items you can't use them (although they should actually just disable the addins via loadbehavior or remove them...).
Via this link you can directly download the registry file with which you apply the setting.
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