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Frank B
Frank B

Reputation: 1

How to transform the current user office add-ins installation for all users

I have found a nice add-in for Word 2013 (VSTO) and I installed it from an admin account, but it doesn't show up in the other local account.

How can I transform the installation for the local user only into installation for all users?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 323

Answers (2)

Fabrice T
Fabrice T

Reputation: 663

Best practice

Ask this question to the developer

Custom Installer

Try Total Uninstaller or my preferred ESET SysInspector which is free

You will take snapshots of PC before and after installing your addin. Then you compare and get the new created files, new registry entries ... then you convert that for ALL USERS and package that in either Windows Installer (WIX or Installshield) either NSIS or a simple Winform program which will work as an installer.

NOTE. I recommend you to contact the addin developer because he is the only one who know what happen during the installation (perhaps also the antivirus :D)

Upvotes: 0

Leo
Leo

Reputation: 5142

Copy the keys from [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\YourAddinName] to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\AddIns\YourAddinName]

Upvotes: 0

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