How to activate eWay-CRM add-in on the terminal only for selected users

Description

The add-in is loaded by default for all users. This is determined by the following key in Windows Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\eWayAddin.Connect

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\eWayAddin.Connect

If you need to deactivate an add-in for a smaller number of users, it is better to follow this article.

Version

All versions of eWay-CRM

Difficulty

Medium

Resolution

You need to erase the described key and create a new one in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Follow these steps:

  1. Export key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\eWayAddin.Connect to the file.
  2. Overwrite HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and erase WOW6432Node part of the path if it is needed. Save the file.
  3. Erase HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\eWayAddin.Connect from Windows Registry.
  4. Launch the registry file for the users who will be able to use eWay-CRM.

Proceed similarly for Excel and Word:

In the registry address, replace /Outlook/ with /Excel/ or /Word/ respectively.
Then replace eWayAddin.Connect with eWayExcelAddin.Connect or eWayWordAddin.Connect respectively.