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FYI Add-in for Office or Outlook not loading or failing to login - desktop computer

Rob Cameron
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The FYI Add-ins can have issues (especially for the initial setup) integrating with the Microsoft desktop applications of Word, Excel and Outlook. The typical symptom is where users are unable to log in to FYI Add-ins in desktop Outlook or Office, whereas the FYI Add-in is enabled and works with online Outlook and Office for the same user.

This article relates to:

  • If you are having an issue with the FYI Office or Outlook Add-in on your desktop computer.
  • This article covers scenarios such as Error "Trouble Loading FYI" (refer below to Error "Trouble Loading FYI").

However,

Areas to Check

This article covers the following areas which could be causing an issue and details what needs to be checked for each in turn.

Test for resolution

After each step, do the following to test for resolution.

  1. Open Outlook desktop
  2. Log in to FYI from the FYI Drawer
  3. Repeat for an Office desktop application

Step 1 - Check Minimum Requirements and check Outlook and Office Updates are installed

  • Always make sure you are using Microsoft 365 (refer to What are the minimum requirements for FYI?).
  • Always make sure that you have the latest Outlook and Office updates are installed. This may be an issue if you have auto-updates of Office turned off.

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

Step 2 - Check your User Status in FYI

The first step is to check your Status in FYI to make sure there are no known issues with your environment.

  1. Open a browser to check the user's FYI Status from this link: https://app.fyidocs.com/user-health (refer to Individual Settings and Status).

If there are any items showing in the Status tab that show with a red tick or exclamation then:

  • If Microsoft 365 shows as "Not Connected", then logout and log back in again to FYI.
  • If Microsoft 365 is showing the incorrect email, log out of Microsoft 365, close the browser and then log back in again.
  • If needed use separate browser profiles. This is useful if you use more than one Microsoft 365 login (for example, one for business and one for personal). If you use Chrome, you can set up separate Chrome Profiles to easily access a separate Microsoft 365 account. Refer to How can I login to multiple FYI accounts?
  • If OneDrive does not show as "Business". then follow this Microsoft article regarding disconnecting two accounts using the same email address.
  • If Outlook FYI Drafts shows as "Missing", then please contact the FYI Support Team at support@fyidocs.com.

All items in the Status tab should have green ticks or green exclamation marks.

Check for any messages that are being displayed (refer also to Preparing your Browser for FYI).

  • If Pop-up blockers display, follow the instructions to allow these.
  • If Permissions are needed, ensure these are accepted.

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

Step 3 - Check FYI's Integration using Office Online

To check that FYI is correctly integrated with Office online, check you can use the online version of Office from FYI.

  1. From FYI, in a documents list, edit document it Office online, for example a Word document using Word online (refer to Opening a Word, Excel or PowerPoint Document in Opening, Editing and Finish Editing Documents).
  2. If you cannot edit using Office online from FYI, refer to Adding FYI Add-ins as a User from within Office and Outlook.

An alternative way to check this is as following

  1. Open https://office.com
  2. Navigate to Word.
  3. Open a new Word document.
  4. Check if the FYI add-in appears in the top right menu 
  5. If FYI doesn't appear use the following:
    (refer also to Adding FYI Add-ins as a User from within Office and Outlook).
    a) Use the Insert menu and select Add-ins
    b) Either select FYI or search for FYI
    c) Add via the button in the bottom right corner
  6. Login to the FYI drawer.

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

Step 4 - Check FYI's Integration using Office Desktop

  1. Check the version of Office that is installed on the desktop. If it is an older version (2016 or before) then where possible (users may be restricted when working within a remote desktop environment), the latest version should be installed with automatic updates applied.
  2. Ensure all Microsoft Office desktop applications are closed including Outlook.
  3. Open Word and check the correct user is logged in the top right-hand corner of Word.
    • If not the same user account of FYI, then click the name that displays and use the Word options to login with the correct user.
  4. Create a new document using the standard Word features.
  5. From the Home tab in the ribbon menu and check for the FYI Add-in.

    Icons_FYI.gif
    If you do not see the FYI Add-in, then add from Insert > Get Add-ins on the Word ribbon menu. Refer to Adding FYI Add-ins as a User from within Office and Outlook.
  6. Click the FYI Add-in to open the FYI Drawer and click on the login button. 
    • If a message displays "Login successful, please close this popup" then use the X in the top right-hand corner of the message window.

If you were able to login successfully, then follow similar steps for Outlook desktop:

  • Outlook on the desktop and open the FYI Add-in
  • Check you can log in successfully within Outlook

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

Step 5 - Virus Protection

If virus or firewall protections exist that are beyond the standard Microsoft utilities

  • Temporarily disable the 3rd party virus protection (for the current user)

Note: If disabling the virus protection solved the issue, please contact the FYI support  team at support@fyidocs.com for assistance with configuring the protection without compromising the overall security of the practice.

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

Contact FYI Support

If the issue is still not resolved, please contact the FYI Support Team at support@fyidocs.com for additional assistance.

 

Error "Trouble Loading FYI"

If the error message relates to "Trouble Loading FYI. Check your internet connection and try again."

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  1. Check the computer has Windows 10 installed and check the Outlook version and build.
    Pre-requisites for running add-ons are:
    The 32- or 64-bit version of Office 2013 or a later version, running on Windows 7 or a later version.

  2. The Add-On does not have any configuration, it is all executed by Microsoft hosted in IE11 and FYI does not have any way to set any proxy settings.
    Refer to the following for additional information.
    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/deva/2017/11/01/understand-more-about-office-js-its-add-in-runtime-environment-and-internet-explorer-protected-mode/

  3. Try running https://office.fyidocs.com from Internet Explorer 11.

  4. Clear local storage, cache and browser history from IE11 and then re-run FYI.

    Delete Browsing History
    Open your browser and delete the browsing history. For Internet Explorer 11 in Windows:
    a) Open the Tools in the top right-hand corner.
    b) Select Safety, then select Delete Browsing History.
    c)     Checkmark History and Temporary Internet files and website files
    d) Click Delete.

  5. Run Outlook as Administrator.
    Ensure ESC (Enhanced Security Configuration) is turned off for administrator and users.

  6. Check if the client is running a VPN. It’s possible that the VPN is blocking FYI.
    Turn off the VPN and try running FYI again.

   Run the Test for resolution described above. 
   Return to Areas to Check.

 

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