Print This Article Print This Article Email this article Email this article

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.

Related articles:

  1. Choose how many recently opened files show in Microsoft Office
  2. Open Office 2.0 — FREE Alternative to Microsoft Office
  3. Outlook Express Spell Check – pardon my french
  4. Yet another feature yanked from the NEW Microsoft Office 2007
  5. Become an (Word) Artist

Tags: , , ,

23 comments

  1. THANK YOU! This article helped me so much. It was PERFECT and solved that maddening problem.

    With much appreciation,

    John Adams

  2. ROCKSTAR! Thanks!! I thought it was going to be much more work to find the problem. Less than 60 seconds to fix a major pain is a rarity…

  3. I very humbly thank you for this wonderful tip as i was getting a little brassed off with the Eula coming up all the time. I did notice how ever that i only needed to rt click one program of office and the rest was automatic.

    But thanks once again.

    William

  4. Thanks sooo much. It was driving me absolutely crazy!!

  5. Thank you!! This was the only solution out of many that worked.

  6. Genius, thank you very much, still not keen on Vista though!

  7. I tried this several times, once doing it with Winword, once with Powerpoint and once with Outlook. Didn’t work so I tried rebooting after the change. When that didn’t work brought up the Task Manager to see if something was running but nothing there. Still pops up every time. I have 2003 Outlook and Vista.

  8. Fast, easy fix. Great!!!!
    Like William, I noticed when I did Excel the rest followed and did not need to be done.

    Thank you. Thank you.

  9. Vista sucks YOU ROCK!!!!

  10. It worked for me. I did the Run Admin on Excel and it fixed my Outlook problem. Thank you!!!!

  11. Thanks for the tip. Your suggestion noted that you have to go directly to the executable in the programs folder, other suggestions I’ve read do not. Yours worked perfectly. I’m running Windows 7 RC and Office 2003.

  12. Thanks heaps, works a treat..
    great info. great site

  13. Rick – you’re the man! This was making me loco and your solution was spot on. Thanks… –RKH (Atl., GA)

  14. Your a Genius, it worked 1st time, no worries. I had been to a site, editing registry and stuff!!!
    THANK YOU!!!
    SORTED!

  15. Awsome!!!!!!!!!!That was really statring to bug me. Thanks so much. Your directions were really easy to follow for us who are not computer wizards. Have a blessed day

  16. This worked with Windows 7 Home and Office 2003, too! Awesome, Thanks! Great instructions.

  17. Thank you!! This was a pain, and it was so easy to find your site and fix the problem! Thanks again!

Leave a comment