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
    2013-06-03T03:11:06+00:00

    and the minute you download another file, you have to repeat this..

    so no. not a practical solution

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-31T23:06:14+00:00

    start -> run

    msconfig

    Startup Tab

    uncheck both microsoft office 2010 items (msosync.exe and bcssync.exe)

    press ok.

    restart and you are done!

    Hope it helps!

    Sadly, this does not work with Windows 8.  The startup tab is now in Task Manager, and it appears that Microsoft has hidden all the Microsoft startup processes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-22T06:45:54+00:00

    Ok, here's the simplest way:

    1. Find MSOUC.exe and MSOSYNC.exe using whatever way you can.
    2. Rename them, better delete their *exe extension too.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-02T21:14:03+00:00

    Im, as many users deeply frustrated by this piece of crappy code. Its a joke to make that application almost impossible to close and get rid off without having to change stuff in the registry or closing the process/services in an active environment. Its a joke. seriously, im also in the computer business for 15 years and this is one of the biggest jokes. There is so much that you can change easily and thats the whole point. its okay to have to step through some of the advanced user menus to get there. but seriously i didnt even have this fkn upload center in the registry OR in the autostart, so i had to find the fkn exe and change it into a "quit" command so hopefully (it did work) it just closes the file right after having started it. But seriously guys, big time **** code is what you did there. hardcoded to NOT be closable, great job guys.

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