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VSTO Outlook: Rename Add-in

I have an Outlook VSTO Add-in which had a name and now I am tying to rename it to another one.

There are several places where i don't figure out how to change it.

  1. Outlook Splash screen, when starting Outlook that says: "Loading Add-ins (x of y)" and under it it appears my Add-in name. enter image description here
  2. In the list of Add-ins in Outlook Options: enter image description here
  3. In the Slow and disabled-Add-ins enter image description here
Solution

  • The FriendlyName windows registry key is a descriptive name of the VSTO Add-in that is displayed in the COM Add-Ins dialog box in the Microsoft Office application. The default value is the VSTO Add-in ID. See Registry entries for VSTO Add-ins for more information.

    If you are dealing with VSTO based add-ins you may check out the *.vsto file content where such information is kept:

    <description asmv2:publisher="OutlookAddIn7" asmv2:product="OutlookAddIn7" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" />