Program Location

[Anon]

I just installed a couple of add-ins to PPT 2002, then realized that
I had installed them from a subdirectory of my download folder. I
want to move the add-ins to a more logical add-in folder under PPT's
program directory. HOWEVER, I cannot find PPT's (or Winword's)
program folder! Where would they be? They are not under c:\program
files\office10.

 

[Anon]

Resolved the first issue (see below), but now have a general
question: where should I put add-ins to PowerPoint or Word?
There is no add-in folder. Should I create one, or put the files
in the same directory that the program files are in?

 

[Bill Foley]

You don't see the following folder?

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Addins

Actually you can out them wherever you want because you tell PowerPoint or
Word where they are (Tools, Addins). See the following article on the
PowerPoint FAQ site:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00031.htm

 

[Anon]

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Addins

Not there. Perhaps it's installed only by the Office installer; I
installed Word through Works Suite and PPT through the standalone
package. (They're not my main office apps; I only use them for
collaboration purposes.) I assume that there is no reason not to
create the folder you described and to use it for add-ins I might
acquire for either Word or PPT, but I thought I should verify that
here. Is there any likelihood of conflict by using one single add-in
directory for all Office apps?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

On my ME system the add-in file default location is:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\AddIns

On other systems, the are in a similar directory under User Documents and
Settings

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[Anon]

On other systems, the are in a similar directory under User
Documents and Settings

Thanks Bill. I just figured that out and was about to add my own
follow-up to the thread. Not only is the default location under
the user profile, but it does not appear to do any good to install
add-ins to a common folder in the program directory. The app
seems to be hard-wired to look in the user profile for add-ins. I
could not find a place to change that setting. Do you know of
any? The consequence is that, on a multi-user installation, there
has to be duplicate installations of the add-ins in order to make
them globally available.