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
    2018-09-06T16:38:10+00:00

    I purchased Word 2018 on July 5, 2018.  The guru at Best buy supposedly installed it on my Windows 10 computer.  I am receiving messages that my 2016 Word is expired.  I cannot find a product key.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-09-06T16:37:15+00:00

    I purchased Word 2018 on July 5, 2018.  The guru at Best buy supposedly installed it on my Windows 10 computer.  I am receiving messages that my 2016 Word is expired.  I cannot find a product key.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T18:16:34+00:00

    Hello,

    I am upgrading our network to WIN 10. I am having issues getting MS Office 2013 to install the KMS license. The following is the error I get when I first try to run an Office application after the initial install of Office Suite.

    MS Office Professional Plus 2013 configuration did not complete successfully.

    MS Office cannot find your license for this application. A repair attempt was unsuccessful or was cancelled. MS Office will now exit.

    This is definitely a Computer GPO issue (not a user GPO issue), as I have removed all Computer GPO's and the license was installed without issue. I have tried changing numerous computer policies with no luck. 

    Has anyone been able to fix this with GPO settings? I have tried the fix to start the Software Protection Service but that did not work either.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-31T02:11:35+00:00

    I was able to install Microsoft office but can not activate.

    Is saying license not found.

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