If you encounter the issue where the activation window appears every time you start Microsoft Office, you should try the following troubleshooting steps to change, remove, or activate a potentially blocked or invalid product key.<\/p>\n
If Microsoft Office activation no longer works through the normal activation mask, you should test if a second key is already entered in the background.<\/p>\n
Step 1: Launch Console (CMD) as Administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n To do this, open CMD as an administrator. Click on the Windows Start menu button; for older Windows versions, it is labeled “Start.” Type CMD, and with the right mouse button, select “Run as administrator.”<\/p>\n Step 2: Navigate to the Program Directory<\/strong><\/p>\n cd “C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16”<\/p>\n Note: The folder name “Office16” may vary depending on the program version. If you have Office installed in the 32-bit version, use the following path:<\/p>\n cd “C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16”<\/p>\n Note: If you cannot find cscript.exe in either the “Program Files” or “Program Files (x86)” folder, try opening it from “C:Windowssystem32”. However, the path of OSPP.VBS must be adjusted.<\/p>\n Example:<\/p>\n cscript C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS \/dstatus<\/p>\n Step 3: Display Installed Keys<\/strong><\/p>\n With the following command, you can display the current status of installed keys:<\/p>\n cscript OSPP.VBS \/dstatus<\/p>\n The output of the command provides information such as:<\/p>\n – How many keys are installed<\/p>\n – For which version of Office the key is intended<\/p>\n – License status<\/p>\n – Last 5 characters of the installed key (used for selection)<\/p>\n If you find two active keys in this window, you should remove the inactive key.<\/p>\n Step 4: Remove Keys<\/strong><\/p>\n To remove an inactive key, use the following command:<\/p>\n Replace “XXXXX” with the last 5 characters of the key to be used (output in the “dstatus” command under “Last 5 characters of installed product key”).<\/p>\n cscript OSPP.VBS \/unpkey:XXXXX<\/p>\n Step 5: Enter a New Key<\/strong><\/p>\n To enter a new key, use the following command:<\/p>\n Replace “XXX\u2026” with the new key.<\/p>\n cscript OSPP.VBS \/inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX<\/p>\n Step 6: Activate the New Product Key<\/strong><\/p>\n To perform activation, use the following command:<\/p>\n cscript OSPP.VBS \/act<\/p>\n This procedure works for all current Office versions up to version 2021 (Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you encounter the issue where the activation window appears every time you start Microsoft Office, you should try the following troubleshooting steps to change, remove, or activate a potentially blocked or invalid product key. If Microsoft Office activation no longer works through the normal activation mask, you should test if a second key is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"helpie_faq_category":[119],"helpie_faq_group":[115],"class_list":["post-113393","helpie_faq","type-helpie_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpie_faq_category-troubleshooting","helpie_faq_group-most"],"yoast_head":"\n