Outlook - Resolve New Skype Meeting option missing

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: March 13 2020
| Outlook articles
Typically, you should be able to create a new Skype meeting in Outlook by following these steps:
- Near the bottom left-hand corner of Outlook, select the Calendar icon.
- In the top panel of Outlook, select New Skype Meeting.
When the New Skype Meeting option is missing, do the following:
- In Outlook, select File > Options.
- In the left panel, select Add Ins.
- Near the bottom of the Add Ins view, select COM Add-ins and select Go.
- Tick Skype Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office and select OK.
Skype Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office should now be listed under Active Application Add-ins.
If Skype Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is listed under Disabled Application Add-ins, do the following:
- Select the Windows Start icon, type regedit in search, and select regedit.exe.
- Backup the Registry.
- Expand the appropriate directory:
- 32-bit OS & 32-bit Office & Click to run install = KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Registry\Machine\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- 64-bit OS & 64-bit Office & Click to run install = KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Registry\Machine\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- 64-bit OS & 32-bit Office & Click to run install = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Registry\Machine\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- 32-bit OS & 32-bit Office & MSI install= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- 64-bit OS & 64-bit Office & MSI install = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- 64-bit OS & 32-bit Office & MSI install = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\UcAddin.LyncAddin.1
- Double-click on the LoadBehavior key.
- Set Value data to 3 and sekect OK.
- 2 = disabled
- 3 = enabled
- Close Outlook, and then launch Outlook again.
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Comments
March 20 2021 by Michael
UcAddin.LyncAddin.1 does not appear in my computer registry. How to download?