How to stop Excel storing the absolute path to an XLA?

Question

I have an XLA file that is to be deployed to a number of users in the organisation as an Excel add-in. My intention is to deploy it to a directory in the user\'s \"documents and

Answer 1

There's no good way to do this. I put my xla files on a network share rather than locally and install them via the UNC path. That only works for me because everyone has access to the share, which may not be the case for you. Here's some other alternatives

http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/06/02/fixing-links-to-udfs-in-addins/