Can't add Office 2016 item and keep Office 2011 items

[kcrawford]

Can't add Office 2016 item and keep Office 2011 items

[MacsInSpace]

I'm not a developer but:
What about adding 2016?

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app --after 'Microsoft Excel 2016'

or Replace the old one with "2011"

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Office 2011/Microsoft\ Excel.app --replacing 'Microsoft Excel 2011'

and then

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app --after 'Microsoft Excel 2016'

or

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app --after 'Microsoft Excel'

[kcrawford]

You could try the --label option to give the item you are adding a different name. I'm not sure if that will work but it is worth a try.

Kyle

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On Feb 18, 2016, at 8:29 AM, PEM8000 [email protected] wrote:

My users Dock already contains aliases to Office 2011 applications (installed in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/). I would like to add aliases from Office 2016 (like /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app) and I can't make it work
Using

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app --after 'Microsoft Excel'

returns

Microsoft Excel already exists in dock. Use --replacing 'Microsoft Excel' to update an existing item

since both items may share the same name in their Info.plist files.

Replacing the old version by the new one, but I would like to show both versions in the user's Dock.
Would there be a way to check the path of a Dock item in addition to its label ?

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[PEM8000]

I'll have to thank kcrawford here, this just worked:

/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app --label 'Microsoft Office 2016' --after 'Microsoft Excel'