What version of Windows are the problem users using? Are they under UAC if
this is with Vista? Did you look at the information about what you have to
do for VSTO addins to get them to correctly install and run when registering
to HKLM?
"Brian Nicholson" <Brian Nicholson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Hello,
>
> We have recently developed a simple add-in for Outlook developed in VSTO
> for
> a number of our users, but with a few of the users, the add-in simply
> doesn't
> load.
>
> Currently, we have a setup package that installs the necessary keys in
> HKLM
> and the necessary FullTrust code group in My_Computer_Zone. The add-in
> creates a simple 2-button toolbar in Outlook. We tested the add-in on a
> number of machines before pushing it, and it worked on all of them. After
> pushing to approximately 30 users, however, we found that add-in toolbar
> did
> not appear for several people (at least 4-5 that we are aware of).
>
> Here’s where we are stuck: we attempted to fix the issue by installing the
> add-in manually for each user. After installation, the add-in works as
> expected under the Administrator account used for installation. If we log
> on
> to a test account which has normal user permissions, the add-in also
> appears
> as it should. However, when the computer’s main user attempts to load the
> add-in, it still doesn’t load. We’ve tried completely uninstalling and
> reinstalling to no avail. We’ve also tried logging to a file when the
> add-in
> loads, but even this entry doesn’t show up, so it seems there must be some
> setting/program on the user’s account which prevents the add-in from even
> beginning the load process.
>
> Our initial reaction was that VSTO or some other necessary dependencies
> didn’t exist on the users’ computers, but the fact that the add-in works
> on
> all accounts except for a single user has killed that theory. What could
> be
> the cause of this?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian