The Microsoft Office 2016 and Microsoft Office 2013 product key situation is unique compared to older versions of Office (below). Unfortunately for us, only the last 5 characters of the 25-character Office 2016 or 2013 product key is stored on your computer, making a product key finder pretty much useless in this case. Microsoft Office 2013 Serial Free Generate. Press the Generate button and you'll get your activation key for Office 2013 Serial.exe Copy this key and paste it in the Office 2013 activation windows. Remember to support the developers if you like the product and its quality!
I installed Office 2013 and put in the product key when it asked me to. After typing in the product key, it allowed me to use MS Word once. After I closed MS Word and went to reopen it the next day, it said the product key I entered was incorrect (maybe I typed it in incorrectly). It asked me to change it. I tried opening MS word and clicking File -> Account but was unable to change the product key from there.
I then went to control panel -> uninstall a program and then clicked on Office 2013 and clicked 'change' but it gave me no option to change the product key. So I decided to uninstall and reinstall it.
I uninstalled it and then went to reinstall it with the setup file and now it is giving me an error saying:
The first product key I entered seems to be saved somewhere. How do I delete / change it?
bwDraco2 Answers
Depending on the combination of Office 2013 and Window version you might have to change the path to Program Files(x86)
Here is the sequence that should work for (x64 Windows -> x64 Office) and (x86 Windows -> x86 Office):
Open cmd prompt
Run the following commands:
cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15ospp.vbs' /dstatus
Note down the partial product key(s) (there can be multiple)
cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15ospp.vbs' /unpkey:partial_key
This will uninstall an installed product key with partial product key you noted earlier. Uninstall all of the keys.
Now you should be able to add it from Control Panel the usual way. Or you can use:
How To Get My Office 2013 Serial Key
cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15ospp.vbs' /inpkey:new_full_key
Then you need to activate it.
cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15ospp.vbs' /act
Just for update: Still works in Office 2016, you just need to change 'Office15' to 'Office16'.
Just run the setup for Office 2013 again and choose the option 'Enter a Product Key' in the first screen.
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Most software programs require a product key as part of the installation process, including all recent versions of Microsoft Office. If you've lost your Microsoft Office product key, you'll need to find it before you can reinstall the software suite.
Microsoft Office product keys are encrypted inside the Windows Registry, so searching for them manually is nearly impossible. You'll find a string of numbers once you locate the correct registry key, but what you'll find is encrypted text, not a working Office product key you can enter.
Fortunately, programs called key finders do the finding and decrypting for you, giving you your valid, paid-for Office product key — that missing puzzle piece so you can successfully reinstall the program.
If you don't find your key while using one of the methods outlined below, the only legal option you have left is to buy a brand new copy of MS Office. As often as you may come across free product keys for Office, or key generator programs, neither are good ways to go about this.
Microsoft Office 2019 & 2016 & 2013
How To Check Office 2013 Product Key
The Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, and 2013 product key situation is unique compared to older versions of Office (below).
Unfortunately for us, only the last five characters of the 25-character Office 2019, Office 2016, or Office 2013 product key is stored on your computer, making a product key finder pretty much useless in this case.
I know, right away I'm going back on some of the stuff I said above! For whatever reason, Microsoft completely changed how they handled product keys with these newer versions of MS Office
Of course, this unfortunate fact doesn't change the reality that you still need that product key to reinstall either version.
If you have an installed version of Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, or 2013 via your Office 365 subscription, you don't need to worry about product keys. Just sign in to your account and download and install the latest version of Office to your computer.
It's not all bad news that key finder programs are no longer helpful with these versions of Office. In fact, the new way that Microsoft is handling Office keys might not be such a bad thing after all.
Microsoft Office 2010 & 2007
Like all versions of Office, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2007 both require a unique product key during the installation process.
If you're sure that you no longer have the physical product key for your version of Microsoft Office, or you've lost or deleted the email receipt that included the product key in it, you might, as you read in the introduction above, be able to extract the key from the registry using a key finder tool.
Enter Key For Office 2013
LicenseCrawler, the key finder program we recommend for Office 2010 & 2007 product keys in that tutorial, will find your product key in just seconds.
Older Versions of Microsoft Office
Older versions of Microsoft Office, like Office 2003 (2003), Office XP (2001), Office 2000 (1999), and Office 97 (1996) all also require product keys during installation.
How To Find Microsoft Office Product Key
Considering how old some of these versions of Microsoft Office are, it'd be surprising if anyone still has the product key around.
How To Get My Office 2013 Product Key
The Office 2010/2007 tutorial above could be used for any of these versions of Office as well, but we've found that Keyfinder Thing, the key finder tool we recommend in this tutorial, does a better job with these older suites.
