Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
I followed your instructions to the letter. The Fixit tool didn't work for me - I kept receiving an error message when I tried to use it, so had to do the manual uninstall.
I have been unable to reinstall from my back up download of the product (I am using the HUP version) but get error message "We found a pre-release or Beta version of an Office product...and can't install because of it". I don't have any other versions and get this after I did the manual uninstall.
So I redownloaded it from Microsoft and now I get error message saying it couldn't install and telling me to check internet connection and space on my hard drive. Neither of which are a problem.
In programs Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 is still appearing, but there is nothing in the Size column as it doesn't exist.
It has no repair option and nothing happens when I click change. It doesn't exist and doesn't seem to be able to be removed.
Like everyone else this only happened after downloading the latest updates (which I removed before attempting this fix).
System restore didn't work either.
Microsoft, we trust your updates and would expect you could have done some testing before releasing them. Clearly there are thousands of us with this issue who have already lost one day's productivity. Please let us know how to fix this, and when a safe update is available. I have disabled automatic updates until this is resolved.
Thanks.