Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!news.glorb.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp-12.dc1.easynews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins From: Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy References: Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01 X-Suck-My-Dick: Suck My Dick Lines: 33 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: Forte Inc. http://www.forteinc.com/apn/ X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:05:41 -0700 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:545 Deanna Earley wrote in news:jbq5cv$u33$1@speranza.aioe.org: > On 07/12/2011 23:59, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: >> I have a custom add-in called CodeAid that I'm trying to >> install in Windows 7. The dll registers successfully (or so >> Windows claims), and I've added the line in to the vbaddins.ini >> file as instructed. The identical procedure worked fine in XP, >> but in Win7, it does not show up in the Add-In Manager. Is >> there some trick? Or am I just hosed? > > Which file are you editing? vbaddini.ini in the Windows directory. (Same as on the XP box.) > Do you run either the editor and/or the VB IDE as an > administrator? I had forgotten that using and administrative account isn't the same as run as administrator in Win7. When I set it to run as administrator, it works right. And once I edit the proprties of the .exe to run as admin, I can double-click on the vbp files to open them, and all is well. Thanks. -- Terry Austin "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole." -- David Bilek Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.