Comments on: Disabled Items http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-32454 Rob van Gelder Tue, 20 May 2008 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-32454 <p>I believe the list of disabled add-ins is available in the registry.<br> You could RegMon from SysInternals to extract which value it is.</p> I believe the list of disabled add-ins is available in the registry.
You could RegMon from SysInternals to extract which value it is.

]]> By: Viren http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-32453 Viren Tue, 20 May 2008 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-32453 <p>I had also the same problem. But I want to know when Excel Application disabled any AddIn? I know that bcoz of some serious crash these is hapening but I want to know which type of Crash.???</p> I had also the same problem. But I want to know when Excel Application disabled any AddIn? I know that bcoz of some serious crash these is hapening but I want to know which type of Crash.???

]]> By: Kedark http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-32299 Kedark Tue, 13 May 2008 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-32299 <p>Can someone suggest any way (through vba/.net) to list the files in disabled items? I have this issue for a big addin. I am planning to create a new addin for checking dependencies and also if this addin is not added in disabled items by excel. Thanks</p> Can someone suggest any way (through vba/.net) to list the files in disabled items? I have this issue for a big addin. I am planning to create a new addin for checking dependencies and also if this addin is not added in disabled items by excel. Thanks

]]> By: Nick Hebb http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19626 Nick Hebb Sun, 07 May 2006 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19626 <p>Has anyone figured out whether Excel logs the event when it disables something?</p> <p>I have one customer who has had this happen with my add-in several times. I have fairly comprehensive error logging throughout my application, and yet no errors were written to the log. It would be nice if I could track down the cause, but without any logging I'm stumped.</p> Has anyone figured out whether Excel logs the event when it disables something?

I have one customer who has had this happen with my add-in several times. I have fairly comprehensive error logging throughout my application, and yet no errors were written to the log. It would be nice if I could track down the cause, but without any logging I’m stumped.

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19241 ross Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19241 <p>"Ross<br> check ignore other applications is not ticked in tools>>options>>general"</p> <p>God! I'm so embarrassed. It fixed my problem! </p> <p>But i thought irnore other apps would just open a new application object and open it into that? and why didn;t it reset when i ran Dectect and repair!</p> <p>Anyway thanks Simon, One to keep my eye on for the future!</p> “Ross
check ignore other applications is not ticked in tools>>options>>general”

God! I’m so embarrassed. It fixed my problem!

But i thought irnore other apps would just open a new application object and open it into that? and why didn;t it reset when i ran Dectect and repair!

Anyway thanks Simon, One to keep my eye on for the future!

]]> By: Sam http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19230 Sam Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19230 <p>Simon,<br> Thanks for the thread.... the internet always reminds me that I did not invent anything.... not even a problem :-)</p> Simon,
Thanks for the thread…. the internet always reminds me that I did not invent anything…. not even a problem :-)

]]> By: Simon Murphy http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19229 Simon Murphy Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19229 <p>Ross<br> check ignore other applications is not ticked in tools>>options>>general</p> <p>Sam - you are not alone:<br> <a href="http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Excel/microsoft.public.excel.misc/2004-02/2781.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Excel/microsoft.public.excel.misc/2004-02/2781.html</a></p> <p>cheers<br> Simon</p> Ross
check ignore other applications is not ticked in tools>>options>>general

Sam – you are not alone:
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Excel/microsoft.public.excel.misc/2004-02/2781.html

cheers
Simon

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19226 ross Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19226 <p>"Never knew it existed till I saw this post"<br> Me too - what a very strange place to put it, very odd indeed!</p> <p>I currently have a problem with opening files in to excel, the rest of office is ok. I have tried every thing i know, but excel just wont open with a doubble click, i have to get them through the file menu or by draging them in. Open with, doesn't do it - I've even reinstalled office, but no joy. Strange.</p> <p>You can't convert a Xll to an XLA, they are infact written if diffrent languages.</p> <p>Good spot Rob!</p> “Never knew it existed till I saw this post”
Me too – what a very strange place to put it, very odd indeed!

I currently have a problem with opening files in to excel, the rest of office is ok. I have tried every thing i know, but excel just wont open with a doubble click, i have to get them through the file menu or by draging them in. Open with, doesn’t do it – I’ve even reinstalled office, but no joy. Strange.

You can’t convert a Xll to an XLA, they are infact written if diffrent languages.

Good spot Rob!

]]> By: Sam http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19225 Sam Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19225 <p>Yep Had the same problem when loading an XLL (cwbtfxla). It is one of the the itmes that appears in the disabled item list. Never knew it existed till I saw this post.</p> <p>Any way of knowing what is the problem in the XLL ??.... Any way of converting the XLL in to an XLA file ?</p> Yep Had the same problem when loading an XLL (cwbtfxla). It is one of the the itmes that appears in the disabled item list. Never knew it existed till I saw this post.

Any way of knowing what is the problem in the XLL ??…. Any way of converting the XLL in to an XLA file ?

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/03/18/disabled-items/#comment-19224 Rob van Gelder Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1375#comment-19224 <p>I suspect the serious crash was more to do with network conditions (network share unavailable) than with the Excel.exe process.</p> <p>Disabled Items are for versions of Excel (office?) 2002+</p> <p>I also believe there are registry settings that control the logic behind Disabled Items.</p> I suspect the serious crash was more to do with network conditions (network share unavailable) than with the Excel.exe process.

Disabled Items are for versions of Excel (office?) 2002+

I also believe there are registry settings that control the logic behind Disabled Items.

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