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If is it not, or if this information is not displayed, proceed to the Edit the Registry section. Verify that the plugin Load Behavior says Load at Startup. Select the Datto Outlook Plugin check box.This will open the Manage COM Add-Ins popup. In the Manage field at the bottom of the popup, confirm that COM Add-Ins is selected.Go to File > Options to open the Outlook Options popup.

Enable the Outlook PluginĬonfirm that the Enable Outlook check box in the Workplace app Settings/Preferences window is selected.
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For more information, refer to Install or uninstall the Workplace app.
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In order for the Outlook plugin to load automatically, please verify the following: Update the Workplace appĮnsure that you have installed the latest version of the Workplace app. In this case, the plugin must be manually started. The Workplace Outlook plugin is, by default, set to automatically load when Outlook is started, but there may occasionally be a scenario in which the plugin does not load. ANSWER Follow the procedure(s) below to resolve the issue. The Outlook plugin should load automatically, but it's doesn't.
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I've installed Windows the Workplace app. All Rights Reserved.QUESTION Why doesn't the Outlook Plugin load automatically when I start Outlook? If the add-in is shared among several people then they all need to close Excel before the add-in can be renamed, moved or replaced. You cannot move an add-in if someone else has it installed on their computer. Press OK to close the Add-ins dialog box. If you press Yes, the add-in will be removed from the list. When you click on any add-in that cannot be found, you will see the following prompt. If you look closely at the item in the list, it now displays the filename (in lowercase), rather than the add-in name. Once Excel has opened display the Add-ins dialog box.ĭespite the add-in not being found, it will still appear in the list, ticked. If you open Excel and an add-in cannot be found you will see the following prompt. In Excel 2016 and earlier, the quickest way to remove an unused (or unwanted) add-in is to move (or rename) the original (".xlam or. This has stopped working since Excel 2019. To delete an entry so that Excel will stop trying to load it, right-mouse-click on the corresponding entry and then click "Delete".īefore Excel 2019, the registry entry for an add-in was deleted automatically when you followed the steps below, but this automatic deletion has not worked since Excel 2019, so that it must be done manually as described above. Ĭlick Cancel to close the dialog box without changing anything. To see the corresponding add-in file details for this (or any other) "OPEN" entry, double-click it.Ī dialog box will open, showing the entry's name and the corresponding add-in file path and name. This screen shots tells us that Excel is trying to load an add-in that has been saved in the "C:\Temp\" folder.
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If there is more than one add-in, there will be a series of entries like "OPEN", "OPEN1", "OPEN2", and so on. Type "RegEdit" into the Windows Search bar and open the "Registry Editor" app.Įxpand the tree structure to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\OptionsĮvery Excel add-in will have a corresponding "OPEN" entry. To remove an add-in you Must Close Excel First.īefore an add-in can be loaded into Excel there has to be an entry added to the Registry. If you untick an add-in from this list, the changes are not saved until you actually close Excel completely. If the add-in you want to unload is in the list then uncheck the corresponding check box. Remove / Uninstall - This refers to permanently removing it from the Add-ins dialog box. Unload / Inactivate - This refers to temporarily unloading it. Before we can remove an add-in it is important to define our terminology.
