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I am getting the following error in Office 2013. My software is licensed but it gives this error and exit:
Microsoft office can't find your license for this application. a repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled.
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
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Hi Michael,
My problem was solved after restarting/starting SOFTWARE PROTECTION service in windows 8, that service was stopped and its behaviour was Automatic(Delayed Start). So i just start that service and error gone. YOu try this as well.
how to fix it
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Did you manually restart 'software protection' (under services)?
All my issues resolved by doing that. I kept getting an unlicensed product status (not true) and Microsoft cannot find license errors and a ? where my product information should have been until I manually started software protection. Seems to be a Windows 10 error as it started after one of the major updates.
I started getting this error today and can not run Office products.
I have repurchased the software, downloaded it TWICE and tried to activate it. It says it can not find the license. I have tried to get this resolved by using your customer support robot, but I am not getting the help needed to move forward.