add-ins

[Guest]

How do I permanently delete add-ins? When I do delete them (pdfmaker and
endnote) on the tools templates and add-ins box, they reappear they next time
I come into Word? The delete button is grayed out there too, I can only
uncheck them for one time, not delete them?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unchecking them in the Templates and Add-ins dialog just unloads them for
the current session. To keep them from loading in the first place, you have
to remove them from Word's Startup folder (or wherever they are--you can get
the path from the dialog).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jay Freedman]

Look in the Tools > Options > File Locations dialog to find out where the
Word STARTUP folder is. By default it's C:\Documents and Settings\<your
name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP. Any template in that folder
is automatically loaded as an add-in each time Word starts.

After closing Word, use My Computer to go to that folder (you may need to
click Tools > Folder Options > View and select the "Show hidden files and
folders" option, since the Application Data folder and everything under it
are hidden folders). You should see the add-ins there, as files with .dot
extensions. Delete them or move them to any other folder, and restart Word.

If you don't see a particular add-in in that folder, it might be in another
location, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP or the
equivalent for your Office version; or it might be a "COM add-in" that you
can find by using the steps in
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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