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I have created a Excel Add in Application and i have built an .VSTO file out of it.

Now whether i need to create installer for installing it or is there is any we can create .exe file (without installer).

I don't want the installer option as some of the user's will not be having admin access.

So can we create .exe file out of VSTO Excel Add in.

Thanks, Karthik

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If I have understood properly below is the answer....

When do you publish Addin project using right click on project, you can see the *.VSTO file get created on provided path.

That *.vsto file is itself a installer.

Sujeet Singh
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In order to "install" an add-in, you require registry entries similar to ours shown below

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\Chem4Word]
"Description"="Chem4Word"
"FriendlyName"="Chem4Word"
"Manifest"="file:///C:/Dev/Chem4Word/WordAddIn/WordAddIn/bin/Debug/WordAddIn.vsto|vstolocal"
"LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003

Simply change the Manifest location is the location where your .vsto and .dll files are. Also as this example is for our Word Add-in "Word" also needs to be changed to "Excel" where appropriate.

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