Just to add, if an addin that's not in the addins Library directory has been
installed then uninstalled it WILL persist in the addins collection though
not visible in Tools addins. It will normally remain in the registry under
Excel/Addin Manager which is one of the three places the collection is
defined, the others being Excel/Options*/OPEN(installed) and the default
addin library path.

*in xl97 not /Options but /Microsoft Excel

To remove from the collection, even if no longer installed, would need to
force the addin manager to fail to find the addin or edit the registry.

Regards,
Peter T


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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The addins collection will only show installed addins and I believe
uninstalled addins in the Library directory. If you open an addin from the
command line, or from Windows Explorer, or from File Open, it will appear
as
a workbook in the collection, but not as an addin.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"scotty" wrote in message
ups.com...

I load an addin from the command line (debugging in visual studio this
is the only option)

excel.exe somename.xla...etc

Now, the Applications.Addins collection will NOT have the addin I just
started from the command line.

Anyone know how to gain a handle to it?

it isnt a workbook, it isnt a worksheet etc.