Registering Excel Addin on XP Pro

[Tim]

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OK so we migrated our network from NT 4.0 to 2003. One of
the users had a program that adds itself onto Excel and
pulls queries off a SQL database into it.

Once her machine was logged into the new network, of
course it created a new local profile under documents and
setting called \username.newdomainname. When she runs it
she gets an error which refers to DLL files not being
registered and her event log states that the registry
couldn't unload her profile as an application was still
running, but the registry will unload after rebooting.

Any ideas on how to merge these 2 profiles or manually
register DLL files? The application was reinstalled.

 

[Peter Hutchison]

I'll post this on a few different newsgroups.

OK so we migrated our network from NT 4.0 to 2003. One of
the users had a program that adds itself onto Excel and
pulls queries off a SQL database into it.

Once her machine was logged into the new network, of
course it created a new local profile under documents and
setting called \username.newdomainname. When she runs it
she gets an error which refers to DLL files not being
registered and her event log states that the registry
couldn't unload her profile as an application was still
running, but the registry will unload after rebooting.

Any ideas on how to merge these 2 profiles or manually
register DLL files? The application was reinstalled.

Login as administrator, open the System Control Panel.
Click on Advanced then User Profile Settings (tab may differ between
OSs), click on the old Profile in list, click on Copy To, select the
destination folder (ie where the new Profile is stored) and click OK.
For NT4, its in c:\Winnt\Profiles, for 2000/XP its in C:\Documents and
settings.
Log user back in and they should get her old settings again.

Peter Hutchison