Some COM add-ins are not listed in the COM Add-Ins dialog box in Word

The COM Add-Ins dialog box does not display all COM add-ins that are loaded in Microsoft Word. This is most easily seen when the Word in Works Suite Add-In is loaded but does not appear in this dialog box.

NOTE: To view the COM Add-Ins dialog box, you must add the COM Add-Ins button to a toolbar.

To do this in Microsoft Office Word 2003 or in Microsoft Word 2002, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
2. Click the Commands tab, and then click Tools in the Categories list.
3. In the Commands list, drag COM Add-Ins to the toolbar that you want.
4. Click Close to close the Customize dialog box.

To do this in Microsoft Office Word 2007, follow these steps:

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
2. In the left pane, click Customize.
3. In the right pane, click All Commands in the Choose commands from list.
4. Click COM Add-ins, and then click Add to add this command to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Some COM add-ins, such as the Word in Works Suite Add-In, are loaded into Word at startup. However, they are loaded as machine-level add-ins (in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE portion of the registry) rather than user-level add-ins. Therefore, they do not appear in the COM Add-Ins dialog box.

To work around this behavior, you can use the following macro to display a message box with all currently loaded COM add-ins.

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