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

If 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.

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

1. Jason says:

   January 6, 2011 at 4:58 am

   I have Windows 7 machine with 2003 Office, and this fixed it in a breeze! Thanks!

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   • John Ainsworth says:

     May 11, 2011 at 5:12 am

     Me too. I use office 2003 in Win 7 as well. This solution was so much easier than attempting the Registry Edit that Microsoft propose !!! Although their solution would be more effective if they provided a valid path through (what I believe is) their own registry !!! You couldn’t make it up.

     Thanks a million.

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2. Ernie says:

   January 13, 2011 at 6:50 pm

   Thanks. This tip worked great using Windows 7.

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3. Joachim says:

   January 14, 2011 at 6:41 am

   Awesome, this fixed the issue at my new Windows 7 computer, thanks !

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4. Jonathan Schwarz says:

   January 21, 2011 at 9:20 pm

   Thanks so much, this worked perfectly and was so easy to follow.

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5. Ronda Kay says:

   January 24, 2011 at 9:17 am

   You are my HERO! Thank you so much! I tried a bunch of other fixes – like from Microsoft, ha! And lots of other techie forums but nothing worked until I found yours.

   I am so grateful to boot EULA off my screen, permanently.

   Thank you thank you

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6. hugo says:

   February 15, 2011 at 3:38 am

   Thanks very much

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7. Eric says:

   February 24, 2011 at 8:54 am

   Another Co-Worker in the office had the same problem. SWEEET Success. Thanks Thanks Thanks.

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8. Megan says:

   March 12, 2011 at 12:52 am

   Sweet lord thank you so much

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9. Dave says:

   March 15, 2011 at 12:30 pm

   You da bom.

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10. Mike says:

    March 16, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    Thank You Thank You Thank You…………………………………………………………………………..Get the picture? Been trying for so long, it was so simple would have never thought of that.

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11. Peter says:

    March 19, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Thanks. Your outline to resolve this problem with Microsoft Office 2003 worked perfectly. Thanks

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12. goda17 says:

    April 4, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Outlook will no longer work with an Exchange Server after this.

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13. Chris says:

    April 7, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Yeehaw!!! Thanks so much!!

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14. dave says:

    April 16, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    wow, get your website to the top of the search engines. i tried all day searching and your site only explained in simple easy to follow and documented ways how to get rid of this eula problem. i have bookmarded your website in case i need “real” help for common people like myself. Thanks a lot for the time and help.

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15. Vos says:

    April 20, 2011 at 4:47 am

    Thanks this worked. Had problems with other software that uses microsoft office, because of this error.

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16. Rite says:

    April 25, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    thanks a lot.what an easy way to fix a stubborn agreement!

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17. Chris says:

    April 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    WOW….. I was going crazy for hours checking other suggestions…. and Bam…

    It WORKED YOUR WAY….

    Thanks

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18. Ike says:

    May 8, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Thanks!

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19. Arfabee says:

    May 9, 2011 at 1:05 am

    Rick, Thanks for helping to sort this problem. I use Office 2003 on Vista. Problem now eliminated.

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20. Dee says:

    May 17, 2011 at 9:39 am

    hi…using new windows 7 and did to OFFICE 2003 what you told us to do and all is well thankyou so much

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21. gery says:

    June 4, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    It worked for me,TNX a lot man.

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22. Jess says:

    June 9, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    perfect, thanks!

    Reply
23. Tom says:

    June 19, 2011 at 7:35 pm

    Thanks Rick, Never again will I have to see the annoying EULA popup!

    Reply
24. Dave says:

    July 3, 2011 at 11:27 am

    Worked for me. Very simple.

    Reply
25. Jack Shallow says:

    July 3, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Thank you hurry that annoyting pop up agreement screen is gone.

    Reply