Remove Add-in?

[reubeno_peddlethorp]

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.

[stever66]

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.

[reubeno_peddlethorp]

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

[JimJia · Accepted solution]

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

[reubeno_peddlethorp]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[pattydickman1373]

Thanks for posting the file name!