How to turn off "Microsoft Office Upload Center" in Office 2010

Anonymous
2012-01-07T18:34:27+00:00

As stated, I've recently installed office 2010 32-bit on Windows 7 UltSP1.  Now I have an orange icon in the tray which highlights as "Microsoft office Upload Center" and I see no way to disable this "mini-app"  Any ideas?  I'm sure there must be a way.

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Anonymous
2012-01-07T21:50:35+00:00

I found out how.  You can block its startup by unchecking it in msconfig> startup, the MSOSYNC entry,   Also it can be blocked in a registry edit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Remove the "OfficeSyncProcess" DWord entry

Following a restart the system tray icon did not appear, nor do I see any process for it running.  This issue has been discussed in some previous posts related to Office 2010 integration wiht sharepoint and SkyDrive, apparently.  I had just not encountered it before having Office 2010 on a machine.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T21:22:56+00:00

    This answer should be having more likes. I mean really, this dry solution works best for me. Problem gone forever for a service I didn't need anyways

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T17:14:02+00:00

    Well, for Office 365 (based on Office 2013)...

    Since I just want the notification icon in the tray to be hidden, I can do this:

    Right click the tray icon -> Settings -> Uncheck "Display icon in notification area" -> OK

     I think this is the appropriate answer.

    I searched for the entries in msconfig and regedit, and I don't have them either.

    Then I gave another look to settings in the tray icon, and found the same as you did.

    I don't know why people don't pay attention and keep calm before complaining.

    I think you missed the point. Hiding it does not make it stop using resources. We want to stop it, not make it a ghost that eats resources.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T16:14:32+00:00

    Well, for Office 365 (based on Office 2013)...

    Since I just want the notification icon in the tray to be hidden, I can do this:

    Right click the tray icon -> Settings -> Uncheck "Display icon in notification area" -> OK

     I think this is the appropriate answer.

    I searched for the entries in msconfig and regedit, and I don't have them either.

    Then I gave another look to settings in the tray icon, and found the same as you did.

    I don't know why people don't pay attention and keep calm before complaining.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-15T18:07:43+00:00

    Hi,

    you might want to uninstall "Microsoft Office Workspaces" feature of Office.

    Here is the msiexec command:

    msiexec.exe /i {90150000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} REMOVE=WxpFiles

    The GUID in this example is Office 2013 Pro Plus, you might change to the GUID of your Office. Take a look into your Registry, under "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" or "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" and look for your Office GUID.

    also, take a look into this thread:

    disable upload center via OCT 2010 Ajdin

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