'Error: "Sorry, we couldn't find <Add-In Name>. Is it possible it was moved, renamed or deleted"? [closed]
When opening Excel it looks for an add-in that I have removed from the file folder. It gives me the message that it can't find it, of course, as stated in the title. When I go into Options -> Add-ins -> Go -> Uncheck and click "OK" it is removed from the add-in list and it asks me if I want to delete it, since it cannot find the add-in in the file path. However, if I close Excel and open it I get the same error and the add-in will show up in the list, and the cycle continues. When I say "okay" to delete the add-in it is still asking the same question whenever I open Excel again.
How do I fix this?
Solution 1:[1]
After you are sure that you delete the add-in from its' source, just disable all excel add-ins. Close Excel and open it back. You will not see the warning again.
Solution 2:[2]
It is not an error, windows can handle or search the files directory upto 260 characters long or more than that as Maybe in your case. Try it put it in some lower hierarchy, not very deep inside some folders, i.e like desktop or in Documents from there you can read and find your file.
Solution 3:[3]
Make sure you have the developer tab on your ribbon. Once on the developer tab click "Excel Add-ins" next to the gear icon and click the add-in that is causing the error and it should prompt you to delete it.
Solution 4:[4]
Had the same problem, here you can find the solution: https://www.thespreadsheetguru.com/blog/prevent-excel-error-message-for-missing-add-in
First you will want to note the file path that Excel thinks the add-in should be located in and the name of the add-in file. Once you know where that folder is located and the name of the add-in, proceed to do the following:
- Create a new Excel file
- Save the file with the following conditions:
- Use the Add-in name
- Use the Excel file extension “.xlam” (if it is an older add-in it might need to be “.xla”)
- Save to the same folder path
- Once you have saved this new faux add-in file, close down Excel
- Reopen Excel and hopefully you won’t receive the error message
- Go into your Excel Add-ins dialog box and check the add-in and hit Ok
- Go back into you Excel Add-ins dialog box and uncheck the add-in and hit OK
- Close out of Excel
You should now be able to go and delete the faux Excel add-in file and not see the error message going forward. Yay!!
Solution 5:[5]
After you start Excel go to File -> Options -> Add-Ins -> Manage: Excel Add-Ins "Go...". Now you click on the Add-Ins that's causing the error and when Excel asks you to remove the missing / not found Add-In you click on keep it! Thus it gets saved and you can close Excel.
Next time you open Excel there is no error because the Add-in is not active. Now you can do the same thing and go to the Excel Add-ins. When you now try to activate it, you can click on the message which says "remove Add-in" and the Add-in gone.
Solution 6:[6]
Close Excel. Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in the Windows search bar, and run as administrator. Next, go to Edit --> Find… and search the name of the missing add-in. Once it finds the registry files, delete anything that references it. Open Excel again, and it should be gone.
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Dharman |
| Solution 2 | MD Rijwan |
| Solution 3 | user14746345 |
| Solution 4 | user14989636 |
| Solution 5 | Kiril |
| Solution 6 | user18887770 |