Microsoft office can't find your license for this application. a repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled.

Anonymous
2013-05-14T07:38:18+00:00

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.

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Anonymous
2013-05-31T03:51:10+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-14T02:54:36+00:00

    Hi I'm getting the same error message: "Microsoft office can't find your license for this application. a repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled. Microsoft Office will now exit"

    I have just updated to windows 10 and have not used any Microsoft Office applications for some time before I did the update. I never had this issue before the update but I also had not used Office for a few months...

    I tried turning on the SOFTWARE PROTECTION service but it didn't work for me. I would uninstall windows but I have misplaced my installation disc and I don't want to totally lose Office...

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-21T20:34:15+00:00

    Just wanted to say that I found this forum having had the same problem myself and when I opened up Software Protection as described above it said that it had stopped. I am not sure how it restarted - but it did and when it said Software Protecttion was running instead of stopped I no longer had the problem with the microsoft apps - so this was definitely the cause but how it resolved itself I have no idea!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T17:59:52+00:00

    just double click on it then change the value to "0"

    and you must change the value of these below item

    start: 2

    type: 20

    I tried, and it worked.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-15T18:27:41+00:00

    Mr. Pinherio,

    How do we change the value?

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