ESRI ArcGIS plugins

August 19, 2015

Issue – When installing ESRI ArcGIS plugins they only install for the current user, in an enterprise deployment these plugins should install for all users automatically.

Plugins solution has been tested with:-

PetroGIS 1.6

Team-GIS

Manual Install

Normally when you have AcrGIS installed you will be asked the following when you click on a ArcGIS add-in file:-

File will have association set by ArcGIS install

If you click on file you will see the following install screen:-

The install will then create the following file and folder:-

C:\Users\username\Documents\ArcGIS\AddIns\Desktop10.0\{e7f903e3-0ce4-4e3a-88a0-e05042dfeee7}

These plugins are automatically loaded on starting ArcGIS 10.

How to package for multiple users

To package for multiple users active setup will have to be used to replicate the ESRI Addin File for each user that logs on to the workstation. The key here is to note the folder name above as this will have to be recreated with the same folder name for each user.

Create a new MSI using InstallShield and add the folder structure and addin file as needed:-

Once you have done this you can make the changes for active setup:-

First thing to do is to create a CurrentUser Component

Navigate to Components

And then create a CurrentUser Component this will then hold all the new settings to be repaired when a new user logs in, add the file you would like to install for all users in here:-