Shared Folder is missing in the Office My Addin ribbon.

Question

I have developed a PowerPoint add-in and provided it to my colleagues using a network shared folder, for example: \myPC\my_addin.

I followed the instructions provided in this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/create-a-network-shared-folder-catalog-for-task-pane-and-content-add-ins#share-a-folder.

Colleague A was able to install and use the add-in successfully.

However, after restarting PowerPoint, colleague B cannot see the 'SHARED FOLDER' in 'My Add-ins'.

Colleague B's version of Office is 2208 (15601.20680).

PS: I have verified the correctness of myPC\my_addin\manifest.xml.

Answer 1

Hi @YaoZong Wang (汪耀宗),

It's possible that colleague B's Office application is not configured to trust the shared folder as a catalog for add-ins. Follow the instructions in the "Specify the shared folder as a trusted catalog" section of the Microsoft documentation to configure the trust manually or with a registry script. Once the shared folder is added as a trusted catalog, colleague B should be able to see the 'SHARED FOLDER' in 'My Add-ins'.

Reference:

• Sideload Office Add-ins for testing from a network share - Specify the shared folder as a trusted catalog

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