Need a mechanism to install Add-in Express without closing existing IE processes

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Need a mechanism to install Add-in Express without closing existing IE processes
Add-in Express install and MSI in general ask the user to close IE during the install processes 
Michael Hutchinson


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Normally, the install process checks to see if there are files in use before attempting to install new components or update existing items.

I need a mechanism that installs Add-in Express without requiring the closing of the existing IE processes.

I have seen other Add-ins that work this way, but they were not using Add-in Express.

The technique they use allows newly opened IE browser pages to make use of the Add-in but not the one that were already open before the install.

Does anyone know of any way to achieve this when using Add-in Express for IE?
Posted 23 Feb, 2015 13:22:16 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


Posts: 18825
 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hello Michael,

My apologies for the delayed response; I guess I had overlooked your post.

You cannot update your add-on if IE is running. This occurs because the add-on files are locked and there's no way to unlock them.

On the other hand you can install an add-on without closing: set DisplayAlerts=false on the add-in module. Still this isn't recommended because the add-on won't run in the tabs opened by that moment. It will start only on a new tab that starts a new IE process. This isn't user-friendly.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 27 Feb, 2015 06:09:02 Top