Office 365 subscription

That highlighted button, "Office", does work but but it adds the extra step of having to select the software needed rather than just using the taskbar icon (which I got from the desktop icon installed when I downloaded Office from the Internet), still does not work with Dragon VR and every time I restart my machine I get this error…

Steve:

The orange "Office" tile you highlighted in the start menu is for the relatively new "Office" <cr>applet MS started including in Windows 10 about a year ago. If "you" (obviously not you specifically, but other people reading this reply) don't have it you can get it free from the MS Store.

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It's funny, for the last 30 years I've been saying, in frustration, "there is no such thing as an "Office" app. Finally there is ...

Unfortunately, it's use is crippled because MS has not bothered to explain how it works, specifically the 3 modes it has for launching apps.

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So, the key point for you is, if you do launch the crapplet, make sure it shows that you are signed in. If not, click on the button to sign in to 365. Then it will work as expected.

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The orange "O" tile launches the (new) "Office" <cr>applet.

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Unlike older versions of Office, 365 does not create an "Office Folder" in the start menu. Each application is listed separately. This is why the orange Office app tile in the start menu is so misleading.

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Search for the apps by name, ie Word, Excel etc. the start menu.

I do see you have the "small" size Office apps in the "Productivity" group on the Start Menu Pane, Between the "Office" app tile and the "Mail" tile. Clicking on any of those buttons will launch your desired app

You can also "Pin" the individual Office app tiles to the task bar if you prefer to work that way

Stevied, FIRST you you need to uninstall the free trial version of Office 365 on your new computer to get rid of the prompt to purchase Office 365. THEN on your new computer all you need to do is sign into your Office Account , which was created when you first setup your Office 365 and reinstall your Office 365 from there. Sigh in with the same Microsoft Account that you used to purchase office 365 from the Microsoft Store OR used with a Product Key purchased from a third party vendor. Sign into your Office Account here: https://account.microsoft.com/services

#1 - The only active subscription shown in our screenshot is for OneDrive paid monthly. if you had an active Microsoft 365 subscription,

#2 - The <Office> icon in the Start menu will only start the <online> versions of Office apps accessed using your browser. - in short, that extra step you're referring to does not launch any Office desktop apps.

#3 - Don't know what you have installed in terms of Office but seriously doubt it is a Microsoft 365 subscription which is only supported by the <counterfeit license> error in your 2nd screenshot. If this a legitimate subscription version of Office, it would simply tell you that it is not <activated> - not that it's <counterfeit>

To see what is installed in terms of Office, go to

#4 - <Start> menu --> <Settings> (the <gear> icon --> <Apps> --> <Apps & Features>

#5 - Scroll down the list and look for any Office version (i.e. Office 2016, Office 2019 etc). If you have the subscription version installed, it will be listed as <Microsoft 365>

Can't tell you what you should do other then there's no way to get rid of the <counterfeit> message unless you install a legit copy of Office - whether using a perpetual (one-time purchase) license or subscription. Perpetual licenses are not cheap

Office Home & Business 2021

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

Office Professional 2021

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

Office Home & Student 2021 (does not include Outlook)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

versus

Microsoft 365 Comparison

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/b...

BTW, my subscription expires on December 5, 9999 :-)

Thank you for the clarity of your response. My account shows I have a subscription to "Microsoft 365". It appears to be active. Here is a screenshot…

However, Microsoft Office does not show up in my start screen…

That highlighted button, "Office", does work but but it adds the extra step of having to select the software needed rather than just using the taskbar icon (which I got from the desktop icon installed when I downloaded Office from the Internet), still does not work with Dragon VR and every time I restart my machine I get this error…

The Word and Excel in my taskbar open the office product I got off the Internet. Do you think I should uninstall that? If you look close you can see that I have that "Office" button in my taskbar (quick start bar). Rather than just having that one button and then needing to select which software to use, I would much rather keep an icon for Word, Excel and PowerPoint on my taskbar.

So I guess my only question now is: Will all this be corrected if I uninstall my "scab" version of Office 365 and use the "Office" button with the extra step. Would this get rid of the advertisement every time I open a Word document or Excel spreadsheet and the error message at start up?

Thank you and I will discuss the Dragon situation with the other group when we are done here.