Deactivating Expired Plug-ins

[WT4]

I have a couple of evaluation plug-ins that I installed. They have now both expired but when I run Rhino8, it tries to load both plug-ins but is then subsequently blocked. How do I deactivate/uninstall them. It delays the opening of Rhino.

Many thanks

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi -

@WT4

How do I deactivate/uninstall them.

Some plug-ins come with an installer and uninstaller and you’ll find them in the list of programs in the Windows Control Panel. Plug-ins that are installed by the PackageManager can be uninstalled from that dialog. For the remaining ones, you’d have to find and delete the files that installing created. The details link from the PluginManager will show where the plug-in is installed.

To deactivate (but not uninstall) a Rhino plug-in, you can go to the PluginManager and remove the checkmark in the Enabled column.
-wim

[Tom_P]

you can also dig carefully into the registry…
find some info here:

Registry Location/Setting For Plugins To Load

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