Can't get rid of Outlook 2002 COM Add-In Security Warning

[Shiv Kotagal]

Hi Outlook Developers & Gurus,
I need some help with a Outlook VBA COM Add-In. Outlook
2002 gave me two kind of warnings whenever the COM Add-in
kicked in and executed.

1. A program is trying to automatically send e-mail on
your behalf....
2. A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have
stored....

I tried the Microsoft Recommended method to get rid of the
warnings, referring to the articles Microsoft Knowledge
Base Article - 290498, 290499 . I installed the Outlook
Security Administrator Package, declared the COM Addin as
a 'trusted code' in the default security settings form
published in a public folder 'Oulook Security Settings'.
Now, the warning no.1 dosent appear, but warning no. 2
still does. I dont understand what is going wrong. I
checked that the 'Application' object being used through
out the COM Addin is the same. The warning comes up when
the code tries to get the 'current user'. The COM Add-in
does not use CDO methods anywhere. The CheckAdminSettings
registry key is also installed fine on the client
computers. I can use Redemption and modify the code, but
why is not the Microsoft recommended Method of declaring
the COM Add-In as a trusted code working to eliminate all
the security pop-ups. Any suggestions
please ..................

Best regards,
Shivprasad Kotagal

 

[Randy Byrne [MVP - Outlook]]

Please also check the following KB article:

OL2002: How to Create Trusted Outlook COM Add-Ins
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=327657

Can you post the code that triggers the prompt? Also, can you suppress the
prompt by selecting Automatically Approve option for "When accessing address
information via Outlook Object Model"?

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