How do I activate an inactive add-in?

1. I cannot find "Tools" in the ribbon of Word 2007
2. Clicking on the Office icon let me click on "Word Options"
3. Without using "Trust Center" I can go to "Add-Ins" showing active and inactive add-ins
4. Marking "International Character Toolbar" and clicking on "Go" after typing: COM Add-ins as mentioned in the "Type" column, does not move the "International Character Toolbar" to the active section.

Question remains: How do I activate the International Character Toolbar in Office 2007.  And if that is impossible why does it show up in Add-Ins.

Have you looked in the Add-ins tab of the ribbon?

Hope this helps.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP,
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1. I cannot find "Tools" in the ribbon of Word 2007
2. Clicking on the Office icon let me click on "Word Options"
3. Without using "Trust Center" I can go to "Add-Ins" showing active and inactive add-ins
4. Marking "International Character Toolbar" and clicking on "Go" after typing: COM Add-ins as mentioned in the "Type" column, does not move the "International Character Toolbar" to the active section.

Question remains: How do I activate the International Character Toolbar in Office 2007.  And if that is impossible why does it show up in Add-Ins.

Close Outlook, then open regedit. On a Windows 64bit system you'll find Addins listed here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins

Find the Addin you want to activate, and set its LoadBehaviour value to 3.

I want to do the same for an Excel custom Addin that we use in a VB6 Application

It works fine with all Windows except Windows 10 and Excel 2013 or higher

I activate it manually but as soon aswe close Excel, it is deactivated.

I do not see any LoadBehaviour node in the registry for Excel Addins

Any ideas ?