

Some add-ins can only be disabled when you explicitly start Outlook as an Administrator.

Note: See this Q&A for instructions on how to enable/disable add-ins. When you’ve pinned Outlook to the Task Bar, you can also right click on that and in the context menu that opens, right click on the Outlook icon again to see the option: Run as administrator. Right click on the Outlook shortcut in the Start Menu and from the “More” submenu choose: Run as administrator. In Windows 8.1, you can simply right click the Outlook icon in the Start Screen and choose “Run as administrator” from the menu that opens. Once you've made the change, restart Outlook to run it under the user context again. In the COM Add-Ins dialog box, select the Skype Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2016 option, and then click OK. Then press Continue or provide administrator credentials when prompted. On the Manage menu, select COM Add-Ins, and then click Go. From the menu choose "Run as administrator". Hold the SHIFT button and right click on the Outlook shortcut. To disable the add-in, you must start Outlook with administrator privileges. This error comes up when you try to disable an add-in which is registered at machine level rather than at user level. How can I disable the add-in without uninstalling it? "The connected state of Office Add-Ins registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed." I'm trying to disable some add-ins but I get the error
