Steve on Security

I have seen this error in various software and it’s terribly annoying.  It most often pops up in outlook every single time you create an email, appointment or other object.  I thought it was originally isolated to the LinkedIn toolbar, but then it started happening with various MapiLab add-ins and other objects.  I have tried diagnosing binaries using reflector, analyzing the subject XML, etc. but the fix was ridiculously simple.   I must have wasted at least 10 hours of my life chasing “errors” that are nothing more than annoyances and don’t break any application functionality.  To turn these goofy errors OFF in MSOffice products:>

1. Go into the application’s Options (i.e. click the Office Button  and select “Options”)
2. Select “Advanced” from the navigation pane on the left.
3. Find the “Show add-in user interface errors” checkbox and unselect it.
   
4. Click the OK button.

Outlook operates a little differently:

1. Start Microsoft Office Outlook.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options.
3. In the Options dialog box, click the Other tab, and then click Advanced Options.
4. In the Advanced Options dialog box, select Show add-in user interface errors, and then click OK.
5. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

~ by stevegoldsby on October 29, 2009.

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