Outlook addin not loaded if a .msg file is opened by double clicki

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Hi
I am working on a office addin project which works fine with Word, excel,
power point and outlook. but if a .msg file is opened by double cliking when
Word is enable as email editor, the addin menus are not functional i.e menus
are shown but nothing happens when you click menu items. This problem is not
there if outlook is already running.

what may be the problem?

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

It's hard to say, but are you checking in your startup code for an Explorer
in the Explorers collection and not starting up when an Inspector is there
but no Explorer?

Does your addin start up if WordMail isn't involved?

Does your addin initialize if you right-click on a file in Windows Explorer
and select one of the Send To methods?

If you run in debug mode do you get your startup event in this case?

It's usually not a good idea to have a shared addin that also includes
Outlook. I usually separate things into one addin for Word/Excel/PPT and
another one for Outlook.

Show your initialization code and tell us something about your setup:
versions of Office supported, development platform and language, anything
else that might be useful to figuring out the problem.