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Re: SMF add-in has stopped loading by "Robbie Geary" rgearyiii

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Re: SMF add-in has stopped loading

Sat Dec 2, 2017 8:56 pm (PST) . Posted by:

"Robbie Geary" rgearyiii

This problem drove me so crazy that I was about to start a clean
installation of Windows until I noticed something: The copy of
RCH_Stock_Market_Functions.xla that I browse to when installing and
re-installing the add-in had a modification date of 12/1/2017, the day that
the add-in last worked. So obviously Microsoft had screwed with it
somehow. I then shut down Excel, re-extracted the original
RCH_Stock_Market_Functions.xla with a modification date of 11/8/2017,
installed the add-in again, and now Excel is back to loading it
automatically on start-up.

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Robbie Geary <rgearyiii@gmail.com> wrote:

> What you've outlined is exactly what I've been trying.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Randy Harmelink rharmelink@gmail.com
> [smf_addin] <smf_addin@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This may be the issue that first occurred in July of 2016 because
>> MicroSoft issued some security updates. It's not letting EXCEL load the
>> add-in when EXCEL starts up.
>>
>> For a workaround suggested by Microsoft, until they supposedly fix the
>> issue, see:
>>
>> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/smf_addin/conversations/
>> messages/30568
>>
>> But your issue sounds like it may be something else? You could try this
>> process:
>>
>> 1. Go to the add-in manager, uncheck the SMF add-in to deactivate it
>> 2. Exit EXCEL (this hopefully will clear any pointers to the add-in)
>> 3. Restart EXCEL
>> 4. Go to the add-in manager, reactivate the SMF add-in using the "Browse"
>> option
>> 5. Exit EXCEL (to save the new install)
>> 6. Restart EXCEL
>> 7. Use this formula to make sure everything looks like you expect (it's
>> loaded, folder location, version, etc):
>>
>> =RCHGetElementNumber("Version")
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Robbie Geary rgearyiii@
>> ...
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Every since I tried out another Excel add-in, Excel 2016 keeps
>>> forgetting to load the SMF add-in. By that I mean in order to get SMF to
>>> work, I have to disable it and then re-install it by browsing back to its
>>> original location (Excel seems to keep a copy of it in my user files) every
>>> time I start Excel.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else ever had this problem, and if so, how did you fix it?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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> --
> Robbie Geary
>

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Robbie Geary