How do I get rid of "let's get started" activation page after kms activation?

Anonymous
2016-05-17T20:42:53+00:00

I have 2 new Dell XPS 15 laptops with Win 10 Pro, OS licensed via UEFI.  I uninstalled trial office without opening it and loaded Office 2016 Pro and activated it via KMS:

Still, opening any Office app brings up the Let's get Started" page wanting me to try/buy/activate Office:

How do I stop the activation page?

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Anonymous
2016-06-16T19:36:39+00:00

Hello,

Thanks again for your patience while we figure out a valid solution for this issue. We have created an article that provides a workaround to remove the activation window message from reappearing: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3170450.

Our engineering team is working on fixing this issue moving forward but we hope that the link above will resolve this issue on your machines via this workaround.

Thanks,

Michelle V

The Office Team

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T10:15:50+00:00

    Try below steps and let me know.

    1. Open run window by pressing win+r type installer
    2. Right click on the details bar and select more and then add subject.
    3. Close this window and perform step 1 again.
    4. Check for subject that says something like ******** Run Licensing Component.
    5. Right click on that msi and click uninstall.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T10:15:26+00:00

    Try below steps and let me know.

    1. Open run window by pressing win+r type installer
    2. Right click on the details bar and select more and then add subject.
    3. Close this window and perform step 1 again.
    4. Check for subject that says something like ******** Run Licensing Component.
    5. Right click on that msi and click uninstall.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T06:38:19+00:00

    File is on the menu at the top left of registry editor. You can choose export or import from there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T04:56:49+00:00

    Hello,

    Thanks again for your patience while we figure out a valid solution for this issue. We have created an article that provides a workaround to remove the activation window message from reappearing: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3170450.

    Our engineering team is working on fixing this issue moving forward but we hope that the link above will resolve this issue on your machines via this workaround.

    Thanks,

    Michelle V

    The Office Team 

    I have face the same problem. On my regedit OEM panel i dont see file export.

    What i see is:

    Modify

    Modify binary data

    Delete

    Rename.

    Please assist

    Regards

    Yonaza

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