Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.11.MISMATCH!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp-09.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: 47 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 10:35:34 -0700 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:548 Deanna Earley wrote in news:jbqor5$aot$1@speranza.aioe.org: > On 08/12/2011 15:05, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: >> Deanna Earley wrote in >> news:jbq5cv$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. > > 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 Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.