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

  4. Gerry

    You ROCK! I have been fighting and researching this problem for over 3 years. My computer club and everyone I ask said “call microsoft”. Well, they want $49.00 just to talk to a tech which I refused. Your fix worked perfectly.

    Thanks!

  5. Martha

    Thanks, for the easy to follow steps 1, 2,..11. The annoying pop ups are gone. Your directions took only a few minutes to use. What a relief after hours of searching trouble-shooting sites for a solution.

    Martha

  7. allison

    Thanks a million. In windows 7 there is a different menu but I found the run as administraor and I clicked it on and off and it and it worked!!

  8. Derek

    thank you so very much this has been doing my head in for ages and i have been getting tips from everyone but worked until now thank you soo much

  11. Shawn Zernik

    Problem
    Each and every time Outlook, Word, or Excel is opened, you must agree to the End User License Agreement.
    Synopsys
    When agreeing to the EULA, the user does not have permissions to make the requested registry changes.
    Solution
    Open the program running as an administrator. This can be done by locating the executable (%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office{Version}) and running it as an Administrator.
    Windows XP:
    Click Start
    Then Run
    Type: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office
    Press Enter
    Double click the “Office##” folder and find the program needed (EXCEL, MSACCESS, OUTLOOK, WINWORD).
    Click the program once to highlight it, and then right click the program and choose “Run as..”
    Authenticate as an administrator.

    Windows Vista & Windows 7
    Click Start
    Type the following into the search box: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office
    Press Enter
    Double click the “Office##” folder and find the program needed (EXCEL, MSACCESS, OUTLOOK, WINWORD).
    Click the program once to highlight it, and then right click the program and choose “Run as administrator”

  14. Neil Jones

    Knew it was very simple. Forget MS KB Article 884202, which is a total waste of time, this one @ helpmerick.com was far better. Thanks Rick 🙂

  16. Greg

    Thank you for this tip. I think what happened to cause this is i didn’t click to accept the EULA when i re-installed office from my old PC. Thanks to you it is now fixed!

  17. mjfrombuffalo

    WHOOHOO thank you! It wasn’t taking my “I accept” even though I’m the computer administrator, but this right-click trick fixed it. Thanks so much!

  18. Vicky

    It worked!!! Gosh has that been annoying, and the explanation and solution was very easy to follow. Thank you.

  19. Towwie

    The message above from Rick worked a treat for me. I installed office 2003 on a new Windows 7 64 bit machine. We followed his instructions which worked brilliant. Thanks very much. Rick rocks.

  20. Alec C

    Thanks for a very clear and easy to follow solution. When I checked on Microsofts website it was telling me to amend the registry but giving dire warning if I did so!!

  21. Leslie

    Thanks so much, this was irritating the heck out of me, and I couldn’t remember how to stop it!

  23. Lily

    Thank you, I thought there was something wrong with my version of Office. I have used it like that for 2 years and decided to check if there was a fix online. God bless ya.

  25. Allen Dotson

    Thanks!!! If you are using a x64 Bit system, use the folder: Program Files(x64), Microsoft Office, Office 11,then find the applications and follow the instructions. It worked for me.

    The pop-ups are gone!!

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