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Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins

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Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote in
news:jbqor5$aot$1@speranza.aioe.org: 

> On 08/12/2011 15:05, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>> Deanna Earley<dee.earley@icode.co.uk>  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.
> 
> You shouldn't need to run as admin every time.
> It's only really required when compiling ActiveX projects and
> adding new custom controls.
> 
> Your original problem is most likely because there is a copy of
> the addins ini file in the Windows "Compatability files" folder
> (there is a button on the Explorer toolbar).
> 
I checked it. Start in admin mode, the custom addin shows up. Start 
without it, custom addin isn't there. I hate Win7. Nearly as much 
as every other version of Windows.

-- 
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

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VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 16:59 -0700
  Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 11:00 +0000
    Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 08:05 -0700
      Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 16:32 +0000
        Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 10:35 -0700
          Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 13:37 +0000
            Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 15:00 +0000
              Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 15:16 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Mike Williams <robinloxley22@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-10 00:47 -0800
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-12-12 09:47 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-12 13:37 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-13 21:59 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 16:53 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 23:27 +0000
                Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-12-09 23:44 +0000
            Re: VB 6/Windows 7 addins Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2011-12-09 07:56 -0700

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