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How to Manually Install an Excel Add-in

[Applies to: Excel 97 and above.]

You have just bought or downloaded an Excel add-in. It does not have an automatic installation. Or the installation fails! How do you install the add-in manually?

Let's say that you have just downloaded an add-in called MyAddin.xla to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Library folder.

Launch Microsoft Excel. Under Excel's Tools menu, select Add-Ins. The Add-Ins dialog box similar to the one in Fig. 1 will be displayed.

Fig. 1 - Add-Ins dialog box
Fig. 1 - Add-Ins Dialog Box

Click the Browse button (circled in Fig. 1). The Browse dialog box opens. Go to the location of the add-in and click on your add-in.

In our example, we have browsed to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Library folder and clicked on MyAddin.xla as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 - Browse dialog box
Fig. 2 - Browse Dialog Box

Click OK to close the Browse dialog box and return to the Add-Ins dialog box. The add-in should now appear in the "Add-Ins available:" list box in the Add-Ins dialog box. Fig. 3 shows MyAddin in the Add-Ins available list box with a check mark next to it. Click OK to close the Add-Ins dialog box.

Fig. 3 - MyAddIn Installed
Fig. 3 - MyAddIn Installed

Congratulations, you've just manually installed your add-in.

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