Can I change ExCels default save path for saving add-ins ?

[RandyDtg1]

Can I change Excels file save as path for saving add-ins
When I create an add-in using File Save as, Excel goes to an add-in directory.
I don't want to put my add-ins there, and I don't like to have to re direct the
path.

Thank You.

 

[Chip Pearson]

Randy,

For saving a new add-in, I don't think you can change the initial
directory.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

 

[Dave Peterson]

In xl2002, you can add a shortcut to that File|SaveAs dialog.

Do File|SaveAs inside excel.
Go to your favorite folder
Tools|Add to My Places

Then you could just click on that icon right after excel "helps" out by going to
the addin folder.

If you're using xl2k: You could use an addin from MS:

It's called Places.exe that allows you to update the places list.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q253338
INFO: Office Developer Samples and Tools Available for Download (Q253338)

Scroll about halfway down.

 

[RandyDtg1]

Thanks, that is a good way around the problem.

I have stayed away from the favorites because I don't understand their
relationship to Internet Explorer, which appears to use the same directory.