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Stop the Microsoft Office Agreement (EULA) from popping up every time you start Outlook, or Word or Excel

Stop the Microsoft Office Agreement (EULA) from popping up every time you start Outlook, or Word or Excel

Office EULAIf you are using Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Vista, you might run into a situation where the End User License Agreement pops up every time you start Outlook, Word, Excel or other Office programs. No matter how many times you click “I agree”, the license keeps appearing. To stop the EULA from appearing, follow these steps:

  1. Close ALL Microsoft Office related programs (Outlook, Publisher, Powerpoint, Excel, or Word)
  2. Click Start –> Computer
  3. Double-click the C drive (your primary hard drive)
  4. Double-Click the Program Files folder
  5. Double-Click the Microsoft Office folder
  6. Double-Click  the Office 11 folder
  7. RIGHT Click on any of the Office applications (Winword, Outlook, Excel)
  8. Click Run as Administrator
  9. The program will start and ask you to agree to the EULA (agreement) again and click I agree or Yes
  10. Close the program
  11. Close all open windows

Now you can use your Office 2003 programs normally.

133 Responses to “Stop the Microsoft Office Agreement (EULA) from popping up every time you start Outlook, or Word or Excel”

  1. Zion Deoar says:

    Simple, but very valuable solution. Thanks for your help.

  2. kevin says:

    worked. thanks!

  3. leeanne says:

    cool

  4. Tony C says:

    amazing. very simple. wish I had done much sooner.

  5. mary says:

    Thanks! I very much appreciate this fix which also works fine in Win7 using Office 2003 Small Business Edition.

  6. David says:

    Cheers! Been bugging me for ages and now fixed. Thanks for posting this.

  7. Rick says:

    Thank you! Simple but HUGE timesaver and frustration relief

  8. Cpl. Chronic says:

    Figures, even though I’m the administrator and the only account on this comp, I still have to select “Run as administrator” in order for this to work. Now to figure out the dozen other problems MS has thrown at me on here.

  9. Joyce Mal says:

    Thank, it hardly took one minute to solve the issue. Clear-cut, right guidance. Thank you very much

  10. Frans says:

    Brilliant and simple, thanks.

  11. Jacqueline says:

    Thanks! Awesome!

  12. Jakob says:

    Wow! I tried several other intended fixes, right down to modifying the registry, all with NO success. My Word 2003 worked will with Windows 7, but the Accept window persisted no matter what I tried.

    Today I used your tip, and in less than a minute everything was perfect. Thank you.

  13. Denis says:

    So simple and straight forward – worked perfectly

  14. Manu says:

    Thanks a lot!

  15. Joyce says:

    Brilliant! Thank youn to whomever came up with this! This has been driving me crazy and the “solution” Microsoft gave me didn’t work. I am forever grateful.

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