Office 2010 License Key Location



I’ve got several licenses for Office and Outlook but I’m not sure which one which ones I’ve used and which ones are free.

Click “Tech Support” to find out the specific Microsoft Office contact information relating to any Tech Support issue of yours i.e. Activating the license or Microsoft Office product family. To change the product key or the owner of the installed Microsoft Office 2010, you can click the “Change Product Key” option in the previous step. Office 2019, which is sold as a one-time purchase and available for one computer per license. A key difference between Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019 is that Microsoft 365 Apps is updated on a regular basis, as often as monthly, with new features. Office 2019 only has the same features that it had when it was released in October 2018. Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus (x86/x64) 748.52 Mb Works on BOTH 32-bit and 64-bit! Office Professional Plus 2010 offers you user-driven updates and new server integration capabilities that make it easier for everyone to track, report, and share vital information. There are many ways in which user can activate Office 2010 suites or individual applications, depending on the distribution channel in which Office 2010 software is procured. For example, volume licensing version of Office 2010 products can be activated with MAK (Multiple Activation Key) or KMS (Key Management Service), which both is different. The same applies to Office 2016 and Office 2019 licenses that are linked to your Microsoft Account. Find license keys for Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 and Office 2019 via a script. Office 2010 and later include a vbs-script which will reveal the last 5 characters of your Product Key.

Microsoft Office Registry Key Location

How can I find out which license I’ve used for which computer and how can I change the key if needed?

While you could simply try one of your Product/License Keys and see if it gets accepted, it’s not a very sophisticated approach.

The proper method to determine or change the Product Key depends on your version of Office or Outlook. However, for either version there is no need to completely reinstall Office.

Office 2010 License Key Location

Note: Office 365 installations don’t require a license key as they activate automatically when you log on to Office with your Microsoft Account. The same applies to Office 2016 and Office 2019 licenses that are linked to your Microsoft Account.

Find license keys for Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 and Office 2019 via a script

Office 2010 and later include a vbs-script which will reveal the last 5 characters of your Product Key. It’s pretty safe to state that these 5 characters would already be more than enough to find out which Product Key you have used (as you should already have safely stored the full Product Key code somewhere else together with your other license information).

You can run the vbs-file in the following way;

  1. Open a command prompt. For instance via:
    • Start-> type: cmd
  2. In the command prompt, type the following:
    • Office 2016/2019 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2016/2019 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2016/2019 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2013 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2013 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice15OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2013 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2010 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2010 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice14OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
    • Office 2010 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows
      cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14OSPP.VBS' /dstatus
  3. You should now get a screen with some license details such as the license name, type and the last 5 characters of the Product Key.


Office offers a scripted method to lookup your Product Key.

Changing the Product Key for Office 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019

Office 2010 License Key Location Dmv

Location

Changing the Product Key for msi-based installations of Office can be done directly from the Control Panel/Apps & Features or via a command line.

Product Keys for Click-to-Run based installations of Office can only be modified via the command line.

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  • Windows 10
    Start-> Settings-> Apps & Features
  • Windows 7 and Windows 8
    Start-> Control Panel-> Uninstall a Program
Office 2010 License Key Location

Here, locate your Office application and press Modify or Change. Setup will now start with the option “Enter a Product Key” which allows you to enter a different product key.

To change the Product Key via a command line, you can use the same OSPP.VBS script as mentioned before. Instead of using the /dstatus switch, you must use the /inpkey:value switch where you should replace value for your Product Key.

Changing the Product Key for Office XP/2002 / 2003 / 2007

Changing the Product Key for Office 2007 or previous requires you to go into the Registry.

  1. Browse to the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftOffice<version>Registration
  2. Now is a good point to make a backup of that key;
    Right click on the key, choose Export… and save the file to for instance your Desktop.
  3. Expand the Registration key in the Registry and you’ll see one or more sub keys which contain a lot of characters between curly brackets: { and }
    Each sub key stands for an installed Office application.
    The proper name for this identifier string is called a “GUID”.
  4. Click on the sub key to reveal its contents in the right pane.
    The SuitName key will reveal the name of the package that you have installed. If you have multiple GUID sub keys listed, you can use this key name to determine for which installation you’ll be changing the Product Key.
  5. In the pane on the right, delete the following keys:
    • DigitalProductID
    • ProductID
  6. Close the Registry and start Outlook (or any other Office application); you’ll now be prompted to fill in your Product Key and activate Office again.


Delete the DigitalProductID and ProductID key to reset your Product Key.

Office 2010 License Key Location Key

Determine the Product Key with a 3rd party tool

Determining the used Product Key when using Office 2007 or previous isn’t directly supported by Microsoft. However, you can use a little program called Magic Jelly Bean Keyfinder to find out your used Product Key. Simply install and run the application to find out the Product Key (note: during the installation, there will be a prompt to also install a sponsored application which you can choose not to install).

Ms Office 2010 License Key

Another free application which you can use is Belarc Advisor. This application does a bit more thorough scan of your computer for which it generates a report that also includes license keys for several of your installed applications. If you are in a large corporate network, you might want to disconnect your network connection as it will also try to build a network map which may cause the application to appear to hang at the “checking the local network of this computer” stage.