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[joephayes]

Hi All-

I am trying to install an addin for Excel 2003. As part of my installation process I run a custom action to determine the security settings for Excel. I know that these values are written under the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\<office version>\Excel\Security key IF the user has changed the settings. My problem is I don't know where to look if the values are not under HKCU.

Does anyone know where these values are stored?

I apologize for the Office specific nature of this post, but I hoped others who had already faced this issue would have some ideas on how to handle it.

Thanks in advance,

Joe

[Zweitze]

Microsoft has a download called Office Resource Kit (abbriviated to ORK). It installes a folder "Office Information", which contains a file called REGKEY.XLS. It describes all (or most) registry keys, including defaults when a value is missing.

Do you want to install a COM Add-in with a digital signature? One of the things that you cannot do, is force the user to trust your signature. This part is guarded by the CryptoAPI of Windows.

[joephayes]

The file in question is not a COM AddIn, but an XLA. It does, however, need the macro security level to be set a certain way, etc.

Thanks for the pointer to the ORK - I'll check it out.

J

[joephayes]

Just in case anyone else needs the info, you can download regkey.xls (along with other information files about Office) from the following links (watch for line wrapping):

Office 2000 - http://download.micr...f5d/offinfo.exe

Office XP - http://download.micr...-US/orkdocs.exe

Office 2003 - http://download.micr...16a296a/ork.exe

Hope it comes in handy for someone.

J