The Add-In Manager of Visual Studio 2005 got broken...and won't be fixed for SP1http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspxMy MZ-Tools 2005 add-in, like many others migrated from VS.NET 2002/2003 still uses COM registration, rather than XML registration (.AddIn file) and since it wants to be a good citizen in the new Windows Vista operating system, it uses HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)MZ-Tools Articles Series (Updated): HOWTO: Creating custom pictures for Visual Studio .NET add-ins commands, buttons and toolwindows.http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#1696788Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:49:38 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1696788Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog<p>Recently I have migrated the next version of MZ-Tools for Visual Studio .NET that I am working on from</p> <img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1696788" width="1" height="1">MZ-Tools Articles Series: BUG: Standard user unable to load/unload COM-based add-ins registered for all users with the VS 2008 Add-in Manager on Windows Vistahttp://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#1651591Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:36:14 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1651591Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog<p>Almost a couple years ago I wrote an article The Add-In Manager of Visual Studio 2005 got broken...and</p> <img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1651591" width="1" height="1">The strange case of "No such interface supported" (Error 80004002) loading a Visual Studio add-inhttp://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#1651590Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:35:48 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1651590Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog<p>Some days ago I received an angry complaint from a prospect of the trial version of my MZ-Tools add-in</p> <img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1651590" width="1" height="1">re: The Add-In Manager of Visual Studio 2005 got broken...and won't be fixed for SP1http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#848964Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:02:42 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:848964John Cody<p>I installed SP2 for VS 2005 and this bug still exists. Please fix ASAP.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=848964" width="1" height="1">re: The Add-In Manager of Visual Studio 2005 got broken...and won't be fixed for SP1http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#479175Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:17:17 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:479175Carlos Quintero<p>No, it is not fixed yet in VS 2005 SP1, I have just verified it.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=479175" width="1" height="1">re: The Add-In Manager of Visual Studio 2005 got broken...and won't be fixed for SP1http://msmvps.com/blogs/carlosq/archive/2006/11/21/the-add-in-manager-of-visual-studio-2005-got-broken-and-won-t-be-fixed-for-sp1.aspx#478553Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:52:19 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:478553James Lau<p>Carlos,</p> <p>This bug should be fixed in SP1. Now that VS SP1 has shipped, have you verified that this does indeed resolve your issue?</p> <p>thanks,</p> <p>James</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=478553" width="1" height="1">