At work, we are being forced to Lotus Notes 8 by the end of the year. I recently rebuilt my laptop, and performed this upgrade at the same time. Since doing this, I've learned a few things that I thought I would share, seeing as Lotus Notes documentation on the web is very poor.
Tip 1: What to Copy During Upgrade
Apparently, copying your data file from one Notes installation to another isn't a good idea (more specifically, when changing Notes versions). However, there are a few things worth migrating so you don't lose all of your previous data. Here's a short list of things I found worth copying:
- bookmark.nsf
- desktop6.ndk
- {USERNAME}.ID (where USERNAME is your user ID)
- names.nsf
- user.dic
- archive/*.nsf
- mail1/*.nsf
There are other files worth copying, so I hear, but these were the only ones I cared about.
Tip 2: Removing the MS Office Toolbar
One of the more annoying features of Lotus Notes 8 is a new "Office Add-in" that will appear in all of your Microsoft Office applications. It's a small toolbar containing three icons and, if you turn it off, it will reappear. You cannot uninstall this feature, but happily, you can disable it. Here's how:
- Open a command prompt.
- Change to the \notes\framework\brokerbridge directory.
- Issue the following command:
regsvr32 /u officeaddin.dll
This will deregister the plugin DLL, preventing the toolbar from showing up in your Office applications.