Application_Startup() not firing

Question

I\'ve code in the \"ThisOutlookSession\" module.

Application_ItemSend works, events are triggered when sending mail.

Application_Startup runs when I initiate

Answer 1

There seems to be a flag in outlook which checks for VBA code. If it can't find any it sets the registry value (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.0\Outlook\LoadMacroProviderOnBoot) to 0 every time it closes. It doesn't seem to be setup so that it detects when code is added by copying the OTM file. I have discovered 2 scenarios (there may be more) which cause the flag to be set causing outlook to change the registry value to 1 on close.

1. If any macro is run
2. The visual basic editor is opened.

The issue arose in my situation when I try to roll out the VBA code to a new PC with no existing VBA code.

I use a batch script to roll out my VBA code to other machines and to fix it I simply added a REG ADD command to the bat file after the code is copied to the machine which sets the key to 1.

REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.0\Outlook /v LoadMacroProviderOnBoot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

You need to change “XX.0” to the version of office you are dealing with. Check the registry to find out.

This seems to force Outlook to check for VBA code when it starts.

(Thanks to Sergik718 on Microsoft TechNet forums for pointing out that changing this registry entry helps.)