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cobby does not show up in Excel

In rare cases it happens that cobby has been installed and we cannot find it in Excel. After installation, cobby usually appears as a new tab in the menu bar. If this is not the case for you, you can find out here how to activate cobby and make it visible.

1. Restart Excel​

Start Excel again and check if the cobby ribbon appears. If not, continue with step 2.

2. Restart computer​

It might also help to restart the computer and see if cobby shows up.

3. Activate cobby in Excel add-in​

cobby must be re-enabled in the Excel add-in window if Excel crashed in the past and therefore disabled add-ins during that time.

  1. Open Excel and click on "File" in the menu bar. Open "Options" and navigate to "Add-Ins". Click "Manage", select "COM Add-Ins" and confirm with "Go".

  1. Now set a check mark at cobby and click on "OK".

  1. Restart Excel. If cobby still does not appear in Excel, navigate to the "Excel Add-Ins" again and click "Go".

It may be necessary to confirm the Cobby.ExcelHelper add-in or Cobby.ExcelHelper addin64 (depending on the version).

  1. Restart Excel. cobby should now appear in your menu bar.

4. Check deactivation​

Check if cobby has been deactivated. Open Excel and click on "File" in the menu bar. Open the "Options" and navigate to "Add-Ins". Click "Manage", select "Disabled Items" and confirm with "Go".

Select cobby and click "Enable". Restart Excel.