[GIS] Enabling ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension by default

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Anyone know a way to have the Spatial Analyst extension enabled by default?

We have ArcGIS with extensions installed on multiple windows systems in computer labs and when I logon as an admin on any the compluters and run ArcMap open a amp and try to run Spatial Analyst it gives me a license error "you do not have the necessary license to execute the selected tool ERROR 010096"
The license is present, it seems that every use I need to go in and check the spatial analyst checkbox in extensions. The same applies for each user.

I'm hoping there might be a registry setting or some other setting that I can set that will check the spatial analyst checkbox by default for all users.

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From Esri Support

http://communityhub.esriuk.com/technicalsupport/2014/3/23/silently-enable-extensions-for-arcgis-for-desktop-10x.html

It is possible to activate extensions silently during installation so that individual users do not have to do this manually.

The enable setting for each of the extensions is held in the registry at the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESRI\Desktop10.x\ArcMap\Extensions

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESRI\Desktop10.x\ArcCatalog\Extensions

When ArcMap/ArcCatalog is first opened, none of the extensions are enabled, and the registry keys above are empty. As extensions are enabled within ArcMap/ArcCatalog, a new DWORD is created in the above locations, and assigned a value of 1 (Enabled) or 2 (Disabled).

It is therefore possible to pre-populate these keys with the following DWORD entries (set to value =1) to enable all of the extensions during installation:

3D Analyst: {94305472-592E-11D4-80EE-00C04FA0ADF8} 
ArcScan: {A212F759-F155-4BAF-A692-B9268CF9A465}
CrimeAnalyst: {E40B6CD1-E7D0-442A-BB4C-D481914401C9}
Data Interoperability: {D5E016E9-171B-45CA-B4A2-6361DBC1E255}
Geostatistical Analyst: {DE0502C4-8D34-11D3-A63A-0008C7BF3347}
Network Analyst: {C967BD39-1118-42EE-AAAB-B31642C89C3E}
Productivity Suite: {B633FD03-46C1-44E8-BC4A-185E02D1CD5E}
Publisher: {8AEE0DE1-535C-4788-95C8-1659444D4C02}
Schematics: {EE89C7C1-20BB-4412-8239-301179CA4F0D}
Spatial Analyst: {3C5059FE-9F15-401A-94ED-EED914D73E3E}
Tracking Analyst: {D53BF20F-24FB-11D4-B34C-00104BA2ABCC}

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You have to distinguish between product licenses and extension licenses. ArcGIS Desktop as a whole is licensed at three product levels: ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo.

In addition to the product itself there are various extensions that can be licensed. Spatial Analyst is one such extension.

If your code is running from within ArcMap there will already be a product license in use of some kind, otherwise ArcMap would not be running. That is why you are getting the first message. Typically you will only run explicit code to check out a product license in an ArcEngine application.
The second piece of code you have is going through the geoprocessing framework to check out an SA license. Unless you're in a Python GP script, this is a poor way of doing things. In ArcObjects your first code segment is the way to handle licenses.

UPDATE

To programmatically enable an extension in a Desktop application follow the instructions in the How to use extensions help topic. VB.NET code copied directly from the help:

Dim factoryType As Type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("esriSystem.ExtensionManager")
Dim extensionManager As IExtensionManager = CType(Activator.CreateInstance(factoryType), IExtensionManager)

Dim uid As IUID = New UIDClass()
uid.Value = "esriSpatialAnalystUI.SAExtension"
Dim extension As IExtension = extensionManager.FindExtension(uid)
Dim extensionConfig As IExtensionConfig = CType(extension, IExtensionConfig)

Dim wasEnabled As Boolean = (extensionConfig.State = esriExtensionState.esriESEnabled)

If Not wasEnabled Then
    If Not(extensionConfig.State = esriExtensionState.esriESUnavailable) Then
        extensionConfig.State = esriExtensionState.esriESEnabled
    Else 
        ' Handle the case when the license is not available.
        ' Provide an error message or exit to avoid running unavailable functionality.
    End If
End If

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