Google Desktop Search Outlook add-in removal problems @ Alan Kleymeyer’s Blog

Google Desktop Search Outlook add-in removal problems

Posted on June 12th, 2009 Alan 12 comments

I uninstalled the Google Desktop Search Outlook add in, however, it didn’t appear to have cleaned up completely. Starting Outlook, I kept getting “The add-in “Google Desktop Search Outlook Addin” …cannot be loaded and has been disabled by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer for an update. If no update is available, please uninstall the Add-in.”

What worked was to locate and remove the following file:
```
C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat
```
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12 responses to “Google Desktop Search Outlook add-in removal problems”
1. Bojan Zivkovic August 9th, 2009 at 19:33
  
  thank you,it works
2. JOSE September 1st, 2009 at 16:12
  
  THANKS, THANKS, 100 TIMES THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION!!!!!
3. Dan December 4th, 2009 at 04:21
  
  Thanks heaps it worked !!!!
4. Shirley January 12th, 2010 at 19:53
  
  Thanks a million – it worked!!!
5. Peter @ Sweden January 14th, 2010 at 12:23
  
  Exellent! I finally got rid of that junk-message…
6. Madeleine January 14th, 2010 at 16:48
  
  Any idea where to find this file if on Windows7?
  
  I’m getting the same error with Outlook but can’t seem to find the file you’ve referenced…
  
  Thanks!
7. Alan January 20th, 2010 at 05:45
  
  Madeleine, is it possible the folder is hidden?
  
  This post has a comment explaining how to make sure it is not hidden
8. ajie February 17th, 2010 at 05:59
  
  thank you!!!!!
9. Bernhard March 4th, 2010 at 17:47
  
  great, it worked. Thanks! I searched MS help for an hour and they don’t even describe add-ins well.
10. Richard March 6th, 2010 at 20:01
  
  Yep…it does indeed work.
  Thanks very much !
11. Bill April 9th, 2010 at 04:56
  
  YES, YES, YES . . . It worked. Thank you.
12. Kelvin October 5th, 2010 at 17:04
  
  IT WORKED THANKS A MILLION…
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