Preventing Double-Loading Outlook

[Guest]

Is there any Outlook Add-in that will prevent multiple copies from loading?
Many add-ins cease to function properly if more than one instance of Outlook
is loaded at the same time.

Regards,
Chuck Billow

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook only supports 1 session. Any others listed are hung sessions. Or are
you thinking of opening multiple Outlook windows (Explorers) where only 1
session is open? If multiple Explorers (folder views) then that's up to the
addin developer. It certainly can be done if the addin is correctly coded.

 

[Guest]

Ken:

May be just bad coding, but, for instance, iHateSpam, from
Sunbelt-Software.com, and Adds 4 Outlook, from http://www.brigsoft.com both
experience problems when Outlook doesn't load properly.

Strangely, you know the "Accept / Refuse" type of confirm box that comes up
when you are trying out software? THAT causes a lot of problems because
"stuff" loading behind it doesn't a;ways account for it.

Admittedly, I use a "couple" add-ins. It would certainly be nice if there
was some type of add-in manager, like the startup managers that allow you to
control what loads, set pauses, order of loading etc...

Regards,
Chuck Billow

 

[Brian Tillman]

Admittedly, I use a "couple" add-ins. It would certainly be nice if
there was some type of add-in manager, like the startup managers that
allow you to control what loads, set pauses, order of loading etc...

Tools>Options>Other>Adcvanced Options>Add-In Manager and COM Add-Ins don't
work to allow you to contrl which addins are loaded and which are not?

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

If Outlook doesn't send an On_Connection event then no addin will initialize
correctly. Things like ActiveSynch can do that by opening an Outlook session
behind the scenes using automation. However, properly coded addins do handle
things like that correctly.

Brian pointed you to the COM Add-Ins manager, that would be where to control
things that are installed on a user basis (in HKCU in the registry). For
administrative installations in HKLM you'd have to edit the LoadBehavior
setting in the registry and set it to 0 or 2 to prevent the addin from
loading on Outlook startup.

 

[Spyro]

OfficeIns has been a life-saver for me, lists ALL addins that even the
Outlook COM Addins dialog does not have. I found this when trying to get
rid of Acrobat's nagging menus and toolbars that would just not hide.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/officeins.html

Spyro

 

[Guest]

Guys:

Past maybe being able to help the situation with OfficeIns (thanks Spyro),
seems that this issue ain't gonna be solved on my watch... too complicated
with too many people/variables in the soup...

Thanks,
Chuck