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
    2017-10-10T09:32:09+00:00

    I do not have that link in my registry. It is not in my MS config either.  I started seeing this after I cleaned a USB drive that had the Worm:VBS / Pordeezy.B!lnk malware.  Could this be related? I am not using the one drive at all.  How do I find the server and account this is trying to use?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-06T09:30:58+00:00

    Hi,

    Let me describe the behaviors of MSOSync.

    1. Run automatically at startup.
    2. Return by some conditions.
    3. Can be terminated by killing process only.

    To turn if off completely is:

    1. Remove it from startup (registry, msconfig...) --> not run at startup.
    2. Disable it in tasks scheduler --> not return at specified conditions (on startup, on idle,...).

    Regards,

    Kien Nguyen.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-31T16:31:41+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.

    Dear friends,

    In Office 2013, I created it in Registry Editor and this was gone.

    Let me show steps how to do this:-

    (1) Open a NotePad

    (2) In NotePad, Copy + Paste following: -

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

    "Lync"=""

    "OfficeSyncProcess"=dword:00000000

    (3) Click "Save As" from File Menu

    (4) Refer this picture

    (5) Go to Desktop after saving file. Double click remove.

    (6) Do you want to allow this program to make changes? ---> Yes

    (7) Click Yes again

    (8) Click "Ok".

     

    (9) See TaskBar... Its gone ... !!

    With thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-01T13:05:59+00:00

    What is the procedure for office 2016 ? Please reply asap .. :-) Ty.

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