March 10, 2015 update for Outlook Social Connector 2013 (KB2737996)

This article describes update KB2737996 for Microsoft Outlook Social Connector 2013 that was released on March 10, 2015. This update also applies to Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which contains Outlook 2013. This update has a prerequisite.

Please be aware that the update in Download Center applies to Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It does not apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?).

Improvements and Fixes

After you install this update, the LinkedIn Outlook Social Connector add-in is not loaded by default when you start Outlook.

How to download and install the update

Windows Update

Use Windows Update to automatically download and install the update.

Download Center

This update is also available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center. The updates in the Download Center cannot be installed on Office Home and Student 2013 RT.

If you are not sure what platform (32-bit or 64-bit) you are running, see Am I running 32-bit or 64-bit Office? Additionally, see more information about how to download Microsoft support files .

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Update information

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

Prerequisites

To install this hotfix package, you must have Microsoft Office 2013 or Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 installed.

More Information

How to determine whether my Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based:

Start an Office 2013 application, such as Microsoft Outlook 2013.
On the File menu, click Account.
For Office 2013 Click-to-Run installations, an Update Options item is displayed. For MSI-based installations, the Update Options item is not displayed.

Office 2013 Click-to-Run installation	MSI-based Office 2013

File Information

This update contains the files that are listed in the following tables.

32-bit

Osc-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Socialconnector.dll	15.0.4699.1000	926,400	17-Feb-2015	07:30
Socialconnectorres.dll	15.0.4695.1000	282,336	17-Feb-2015	07:30
Socialprovider.dll	15.0.4454.1000	33,408	17-Feb-2015	07:30

64-bit

Osc-x-none.msp file information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Socialconnector.dll	15.0.4699.1000	1,258,680	17-Feb-2015	07:30
Socialconnectorres.dll	15.0.4695.1000	282,336	17-Feb-2015	07:30
Socialprovider.dll	15.0.4454.1000	39,552	17-Feb-2015	07:30

How to uninstall this update

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.
Type windows update, tap or click Settings, and then tap or click View installed updates in the search results.
In the list of updates, locate and then tap or click update KB2737996, and then tap or click Uninstall.

Windows 7

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type Appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
Click View installed updates.
In the list of updates, locate and then click update KB2737996, and then click Uninstall.

References

See the information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates. The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office.