The connected state of Office Add-Ins registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed

Wed, Jun 24, 2009

Problem:

User receives the error:  “The connected state of Office Add-Ins registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed.” in Outlook 2007

**Solution 1: (For Search Add-In):

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1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type: net stop wsearch

Solution 2:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type regedit
4. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ Outlook\Addins
5. Set the keys for the affected add-in’s LoadBehavior to “2″

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