The list is spread out wide across the screen, find out OK field in the list and check for specific add-in status in column, that if it is working/running properly or not. Just check/uncheck the respective scan options in the list to filter the scan result. You can also use Scan combo-box to filter down the scan results. Uncheck any unwanted plugin and click OK. At the right pane, select COM Add-ins and click Go 4.

CLR (Add-in Common Language Runtime version), To disable add-ins in all Office 2016, 2013 or 2010 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.): 1.

Manifest (info about manifest Visual Studio Tools for Office),.

It’s usage is pretty straightforward, launch AddInSpy and from Hosts list, enable Office applications’ checkboxes for which you need to inspect installed add-ins.Ĭlick Refresh to start the add-in scan, it will start populating the list, which holds multitude of add-in-relevant information such as As name implies, it looks for installed Add-ins in Office applications and populate the list carrying detailed information in multiple columns. Rather than a tool, it’s more like a package from Microsoft containing AddInSpy & AS (Add-in Scan), for facilitating developers and users concurrently. As Office native User Interface is unable to give out complete details and never reports the genuine problem, AddInSpy may come helpful for this sole purpose. It may become irksome sometimes to find out the DLL or library file due to which add-in prevents application to start properly, or cause program halt, and so on.

Despite the fact that they provide extra utility, they can also contains code-anomalies and compatibility problems, thus eventually causing app crash, halt or lagging.

These add-ins helps get work done in easier way along with providing either missed out or advance functionality, if you are a power user of MS Office you might have came across hundreds of add-ins for different Office applications. Throughout the SRLC (Software Release Life Cycle) process of MS Office, Microsoft development team & other third parties begin creating small utilities for providing extra features to complement the official product.

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