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Awesome! I work in Excel on a shared Windows server VM. Is it possible to install an add-in like this for one user, or will everyone using Excel on this VM see the add-in?

Ideally, I'd buy a license for myself right now and start using it if I could install the add-in only for myself without needing an admin user to install it.

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Glad you like it!:) It's a per-user installer, so only you would see it. It shouldn't require admin privileges unless a prerequisite is missing.

It requires .NET 4.5 and vstor (visual studio tools for office runtime).

- .NET 4.5 comes out of the box with Win8 or higher.

- vstor comes out of the box with Office2013 or higher.

QueryStorm's installer checks if the two prerequisites are present, and if not, downloads them from Microsoft and installs them automatically. It will prompt for admin rights only if one of them is not present and needs to be installed.

Is it popping an admin prompt for you?

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