This appears to have been an issue in the past - I was on the line with support for over an hour yesterday with no resolution.  So here's the deal, I have Vista, running ACT 2010, Outlook 2007...when I select the ACT! Outlook Add-In to run I get the following error:

"Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation"

The toolbar does not show in Outlook....

UAC is turned off - it appears that all registry entries are correct...

Any other ideas as to what the problem is and how it can be resolved??? 

Thanks, 

Dino

Matthew...

Thanks for the tip...you referred to install the file vcredist.x86.exe...I assume this is a program that lays down some type of Visual C distribution...plese verify...

Thanks,

DIno

Yes, this is a Microsoft C++ redistributable file that gets installed via the ACT! installation routine.  We have seen some cases where not all the files seem to register and that manual installation of the package prior to the ACT! install can resolve some issues.

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Ok, one more thing - in looking at the Uninstall programs in Control Panel, there is also an entry for:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 ATL Update kb973824 -x86 9.0.30729,4148  (got installed on 9/7 and assuming this was an MS Windows Update)..

Should that be uninstalled as well???

Thanks

Dino

That shouldn't be necessary.

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OK - I followed all of the steps outlined - SUCCESS! ;-)  I spent well over an hour yesterday with support and they couldn't figure it out - you might want to share this with the support folks!!!!

Now, since you're in engineering - here's a feature request...when attaching contacts using the Outlook toolbar, it would be helpful to be able to assign it not only to the contact, but to companies as well.  For example, I work with Partners who call on customers - I track the customer and associate the appropriate people to that company.   I may get an email from someone, where it pertains to a specific company.  Maximizer has a feature where you can assign an email to any contact/company combo.

For example, I get an email from John Smith (he works within my company) - the email pertains to both a Partner and their customer - I want to associate the email to John and also to the other two companies....

Thanks so very much for your help on this!

Dino

Dino,

Glad this is working for you now.  If you could, kindly mark this thread "resolved".

Here is the area you may send you feature request / idea for review:

http://community.act.com/t5/SHARE-YOUR-IDEAS/idb-p/ideas

As for the issue solution share, this information is actually related to another knowledgebase article I had published per my research some time back, #23426.  I will simply communicate this relationship for future reference.

thanks