How to disable Microsoft Upload Center 2013 ?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We will definitely assist you to resolve your issue.

You may refer the link mentioned below which discusses about the similar issue and check if it helps:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officesetupdeployprevious/thread/79e88e72-e9a2-4740-a41e-dbec4511ec59

To delete MSOUC.EXE and MSOSYNC.EXE you may browse to the location mentioned below:

Win8 32bit:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\Office 15

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office \Office 15

Win8 64bit:

C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Office 15

C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Office 15\root\Office 15    

C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Office \Office 15

Note: For Office 2013 you have to browse to Office 15 folder.

I hope the above suggestions helps to resolve your issue. If you need any further assistance reply and we will be glad to assist you.

Thanks.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I am using Windows 8 as it says in the header. The article refers to upload center 2010 not 2013, and as I stated there is no option to disable it in task manager or in the registry.

I don't know if it is a good idea to delete the .exe files I just wanted to stop them from starting automatically.

Why is it different from Office 2010 ? Why is there no registry key/icon for it in the startup (run) sections ?

Thanks

Hello

Go to the Desktop in Windows 8, right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager.

In the Startup tab, see if the Upload Center is listed, if so, select it and click on Disable.

If not listed, check the Services tab. If you locate it in there, click on "Open Services" at the very bottom of the window.

Again, locate the Upload Service, right-click on it and select Properties. In the general tab change Startup type to disabled or Manual.

If you just want to 'kill' the process for this session of Windows, in the Task Manager click on the Processes tab, locate the Upload Service, select it and click on End Task.

Thanks...

Hi,

There is no startup entry & appears to be no service corresponding to it.....

Not sure what to do ?

Hello,

I believe in Office 2013, these start up via the Task Scheduler. At least on my machine, I have listed in the Task Scheduler Library a Office 15 Subscription Heartbeat, which triggers daily at 12:00 AM, a OfficeTelemetryAgentFfallBack and OfficeTelemetryAgentLogOn which start at log on of any user, after triggered, repeat every 12:00 and 8:00 indefinitely.

Maybe disabling these scheduled task will prevent the start up of the Office Upload Center