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. If Office is prompting you for a product key, and you want to buy a product key to activate Office, it's better to uninstall your current version of Office and then buy and install a.

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I have Office 2013 installed on one of my computers but I have misplaced the product key. It is not set up through my Microsoft account and I would prefer it not be.

How can I recover the license key so I can move the installation?

I've tried running

cscript 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15ospp.vbs' /dstatus

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but that only gives me the last 5 characters of the product key. Obviously I need the whole thing.

I've also tried using various 3rd party products (ProduKey, Magic Jellybean Keyfinder, etc), but so far all seem to fail finding Office '13 keys.

Any advice?

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Is perfect if you need to reinstall a program or operating system .

This does include the Windows product key but also other serial numbers for applications like Nero, Office, VMWare and pretty much every other application.

Microsoft Office License Key Recovery

Serial Key Microsoft Office 2016

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