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As mentioned here (https://dev.office.com/blogs/make-your-add-ins-available-in-the-office-ribbon) all new taskpane submissions to the Office store must use commands to pass validation.

After experimentation with add-ins with and without commands, it appears that existing add-ins without commands will automatically reload when the file is re-opened in Excel online (e.g. via OneDrive, Dropbox). Add-ins with commands do not reload upon re-opening the file, and must be re-installed through the add-in store each time the file is opened.

I know there have been similar questions asked here:

And perhaps more specifically here:

Given that I cannot submit an add-in without add-in commands any more, how can I have the add-in persist / show up in the ribbon on subsequent re-opening of the file (currently our add-in users have to constantly re-install the add-in) ?

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  • I don't have concrete details to share yet, but you are correct in your analysis of today's behavior, and we do have a solution for this problem forthcoming. Let me contact the team to see if they can provide more details. – Michael Zlatkovsky - Microsoft Apr 04 '17 at 04:00
  • @MichaelZlatkovsky-Microsoft can you point us to an example, documentation, and/or a blog post that explains how to do this going forward for Word, Excel and Outlook? Much appreciated. – Sameer Singh Jun 20 '17 at 00:15
  • Sure. I believe there may, in fact, already be a sample/article. Let me forward this to the right contacts on the team… – Michael Zlatkovsky - Microsoft Jun 20 '17 at 00:49
  • Hi Michael, Wondering if you had a chance to find the sample/article. Also looking how to get an add-in persisted for files stored on a cloud storage partner. – Ian G Jun 27 '17 at 21:26

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There is now a topic about this: Automatically open a task pane with a document. And a sample at: Office OOXML EmbedAddin

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