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    Hello,

    Is there a way to disable the Add-Ins feature in Excel/Word/PPT Options window, so the users cannot remove any existing Add-In?

    Regards,

    Annette.

     

    Sunday, February 13, 2011 6:50 AM

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    Hi,

     

     Please follow the steps, and your Office 2010 will run smoother.

     

    1. Click "File" tab, and choose "Options". The "Options" window will be opened up, and click "Add-Ins" from left sidebar.


    2. Select the type of add-ins you want to disable from "Manage" dropdown box at the bottom of the windows. Click "Go" to open a dialog.


    3. In the dialog you can uncheck any add-ins to disable them.


    4. Click "OK" to save the setting.

    You have already finished the work to disable add-ins in Office 2010. Remember to restart Office 2010 program to make all the changes happened.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Harry 

     

    • Proposed as answer by Harry Yuan Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:23 AM
    • Unproposed as answer by Harry Yuan Monday, February 21, 2011 8:30 AM
    Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:11 AM
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    Thanks for the reply, Harry.

    However, what i actually wanted was a way to disable the "Add-ins" feature itself in the left sidebar, in the Options window, not a specific Add-In. So that no other users(other than the Administrator of the PC), could add or remove any specific Add-In.

    Please let me know if my query is unclear.

    Thanks,

    Annette.

     

     

    Monday, February 21, 2011 6:08 AM
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    Have a look here http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/worddev/thread/2bd1b82f-c16f-4047-9966-0aeca76a5b56

    Maybe it wil help you.

    Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:15 PM
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    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply.

    The mentioned link helps in disabling the tabs which are in the backstage menu. However i am trying to disable the tabs within the Excel Options window. Is there a way we could do that?

    Thanks in advance.

    Regards,

    Annette.

    Monday, February 28, 2011 5:22 AM
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    Thank you Harry

    the trick with the add ins helped me a lot

    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:31 PM
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    Annette,

    Did you find an answer to this ? I have a Cognos for Office Add-in that disables itself at times and im looking to prevent this recurring or indeed the users disabling..

    Cheers

    Jen

    Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:14 AM
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    Other than by rewriting its code there is no way you can keep an Add-In from disabling itself. Sloppily-written Add-Ins have been the source of much grief for users over the years (including some from major software producers). I would be very careful taking away the ability to disable them.

    Add-Ins in Microsoft Word

    Charles Kenyon Madison, WI

    Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:29 PM