topic Re: Remove Add-in? in Revit API Forum

Remove Add-in?

reubeno_peddlethorp — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:21:50 GMT

I've had a hunt around and can't seem to find the specific answer to this issue. There are threads relating to Add-Ins but none of the solutions have fixed my problem.

I had installed an Add-In which subsequently hasn't seemed to work so I'm trying to remove it. I get this message (twice!) every time I fire up Revit (2017). I've tried removing all trace of the add-in but this message persists.

I've deleted the folder entirely from the location shown in the message but with no effect. I've searched my whole drive for the *.dll file but it's not there. The Add-In is not shown when Revit is running.

Is this an Issue with something latent in Revit itself or is there an instance of this file somewhere I'm not considering?

Thanks.

Re: Remove Add-in?

stever66 — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:24:02 GMT

Search for a file with a .addin extension. These are the files Revit uses to load dll files.

It is probably in:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2017\

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins

or something similar.

You should be able to open the .addin file with notepad or word, and it should have a line with the path to the Otis program listed. Then, you know you have the right file.

Also, you can just change the extension to a ".old". That way it won't load, but the file will still be there if you find out you need it later.

Re: Remove Add-in?

reubeno_peddlethorp — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:26:22 GMT

No likely files in those locations that I can see. Is there a way to stop Revit even looking for that particular add-in?

Re: Remove Add-in?

JimJia — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 05:20:53 GMT

Dear reubeno_archimedia,

If you want to remove an add-in, you need to remove its own .addin file or remove from other .addin file under

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2017

please try to find content in .addin file like below

<AddIn Type="Application">
<Name>Otis Typical Elevator Application</Name>
<Assembly>"C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Otis\Otis_RevitPlugin2017.dll"</Assembly>
<AddInId>...</AddInId>
<FullClassName>...</FullClassName>
<VendorId>...</VendorId>
<VendorDescription>...</VendorDescription>
</AddIn>

then remove all

Re: Remove Add-in?

reubeno_peddlethorp — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:50:01 GMT

I found the offending file. Turns out 'TypicalGenerator2017.addin' is what was causing the problem. Very helpful file name there...Otis, I'm looking at you.

Couldn't find a way to make windows search the contents of the file for text (even by changign the file indexing), but managed to find it by elimination. Thankfully I don't have that many to run through.

Thank you both for your help.

Re: Remove Add-in?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:06:15 GMT

Had the same problem and this worked for me. Thanks!

Re: Remove Add-in?

pattydickman1373 — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:32:31 GMT

Thanks for posting the file name!