{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/activating-office-2021#CollectionPage","headline":"activating office 2021 Tag","description":"","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/activating-office-2021","hasPart":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021","headline":"Get Office 2021 for FREE without a product key","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021","datePublished":"2021-12-02","dateModified":"2023-03-26","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/author\/guangpeng#Person","name":"Always Smile","url":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/author\/guangpeng","description":"I am Guang, a freelancer and a blogger. I'm currently managing KMS system, MSGuides blog and 2 tech Youtube channels.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/author\/guangpeng\" rel=\"author\">\u2192 View all my posts<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/msguides\"> Support my projects <\/a>","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d967500e0301cf54ab1603f7e98434c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d967500e0301cf54ab1603f7e98434c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MSGuides.com","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cdn.msguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/msguides-600x60-1.png","url":"https:\/\/cdn.msguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/msguides-600x60-1.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cdn.msguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Get-Office-2021-for-FREE-without-a-product-key.png","url":"https:\/\/cdn.msguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Get-Office-2021-for-FREE-without-a-product-key.png","height":628,"width":1200},"keywords":["activating office 2021","free office 2021 product key","microsoft office"],"commentCount":"1117","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment1","dateCreated":"2026-10-22 03:37:40","description":"how?","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"name","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment2","dateCreated":"2026-10-22 02:58:01","description":"is there an update for Office 2024?","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"RReeff","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment3","dateCreated":"2026-10-22 02:09:29","description":"I have tried the solution but still not working. I think the error lies in this script:\r\n1.3   C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16&gt;for \/f %x in (\u2018dir \/b ..\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms\u2019) do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\Licenses16\\%x\"\r\nThe system cannot find the file \u2018dir.\r\n\r\nLicenses16 is under root but yet it cannot execute. Office16 can also located under Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root.  OSPP.VBS can be found under Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elize","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment4","dateCreated":"2026-10-22 02:03:48","description":"I have tried the solution but still not working. I think the error lies in this script:\r\nC:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16&gt;for \/f %x in ('dir \/b ..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\root\\Licenses16\\%x\"\r\nThe system cannot find the path specified.\r\n\r\nLicenses16 is under root but yet it cannot execute. Office16 can also located under Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root.  OSPP.VBS can be found under Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elize","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment5","dateCreated":"2026-10-20 04:49:04","description":"right path is :\r\nc:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\\\r\n\r\nnext command:\r\nfor \/f %x in ('dir \/b ..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\%x\"\r\n \r\nand then:\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/setprt:1688\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/unpkey:6F7TH &gt;nul\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/sethst:209.209.9.214\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/act","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Edi","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment6","dateCreated":"2026-10-20 03:47:37","description":"Try this. It is working.\r\n\r\nStep 1.1: Open cmd program with administrator rights.\r\nFirst, you need to open cmd in the admin mode, then run all commands below one by one.\r\n\r\nStep 1.2: Get into the Office directory in cmd.\r\n\u2022 For x86 (32-Bit):\r\ncd \/d \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\"\r\n\u2022 For x64 (64-Bit):\r\ncd \/d \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\"\r\n\r\nStep 1.3: Install Office 2021 volume license.\r\nfor \/f %x in ('dir \/b ..\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\Licenses16\\%x\"\r\n\r\nStep 1.4: Activate your Office using the KMS key.\r\nMake sure your device is connected to the internet, then run the following commands.\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/setprt:1688\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/unpkey:6F7TH &gt;nul\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/sethst:209.209.9.214\r\ncscript ospp.vbs \/act\r\n\r\nNote: Everything is the same, the KMS server works fine. The only change is in the path which impacts Step 1.2 and Step 1.3.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dp","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment7","dateCreated":"2026-10-18 09:25:49","description":"I have managed to run the scrip, I get the message, that Office 21  is activated but when I open Word or Excell or Outlook, it still request the product key to be entered","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elize","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment8","dateCreated":"2026-10-18 04:39:59","description":"Good afternoon, After the latest update for Windows 11 26H2, Office 2021 is now unlicensed and when trying to load the script above I get the following error and is unable to activate Office 2021 Professional Plus. Can you please assist. Thank you\r\n\r\nC:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16&gt;cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms\"\r\nMicrosoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 10.0\r\nCopyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.\r\n\r\nInput Error: Can not find script file \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\\ospp.vbs\".\r\n\r\nC:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16&gt;cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\"..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms\"\r\nMicrosoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 10.0\r\nCopyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.\r\n\r\nInput Error: Can not find script file \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\\ospp.vbs\".","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Elize","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment9","dateCreated":"2026-10-15 05:07:27","description":"It worked for me. Thank you","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Emir Patara","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment10","dateCreated":"2026-10-13 10:15:36","description":"@echo off\r\nsetlocal EnableExtensions\r\ntitle Activate Microsoft Office 2021 - MSGuides.com\r\ncls\r\n\r\nrem Detectar OSPP.VBS en instalaciones actuales y antiguas (32 y 64 bits).\r\nset \"OSPP=\"\r\nset \"LICENSES=\"\r\ncall :locate \"%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Office\"\r\nif not defined OSPP if defined ProgramFiles(x86) call :locate \"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\\Microsoft Office\"\r\n\r\nif not defined OSPP (\r\n    echo ERROR: No se ha encontrado OSPP.VBS en las rutas habituales de Office.\r\n    goto halt\r\n)\r\nif not exist \"%LICENSES%\\\" (\r\n    echo ERROR: No se ha encontrado la carpeta de licencias:\r\n    echo \"%LICENSES%\"\r\n    goto halt\r\n)\r\n\r\necho =====================================================================================\r\necho Microsoft Office Standard \/ Professional Plus 2021\r\necho Script detectado: \"%OSPP%\"\r\necho =====================================================================================\r\necho.\r\n\r\nfor %%x in (\"%LICENSES%\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms\") do (\r\n    if exist \"%%~fx\" cscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/inslic:\"%%~fx\" &gt;nul\r\n)\r\n\r\necho Activating your product...\r\nrem Conservado del original: \/ckms elimina el servidor KMS configurado de Windows.\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%SystemRoot%\\System32\\slmgr.vbs\" \/ckms &gt;nul\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/setprt:1688 &gt;nul\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/unpkey:6F7TH &gt;nul\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH &gt;nul\r\nif errorlevel 1 goto notsupported\r\nset \"i=1\"\r\n\r\n:skms\r\nif %i% GTR 10 goto busy\r\nif %i% EQU 1 set \"KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com\"\r\nif %i% EQU 2 set \"KMS=209.209.9.214\"\r\nif %i% GTR 2 goto ato\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/sethst:%KMS% &gt;nul\r\n\r\n:ato\r\necho =====================================================================================\r\ncscript \/\/nologo \"%OSPP%\" \/act | find \/i \"successful\"\r\nif not errorlevel 1 goto success\r\necho The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying again...\r\nset \/a i+=1 &gt;nul\r\ngoto skms\r\n\r\n:success\r\necho.\r\necho Activation successful.\r\ngoto halt\r\n\r\n:notsupported\r\necho Sorry, your version is not supported.\r\ngoto halt\r\n\r\n:busy\r\necho Sorry, the server is busy or activation failed. Please try again.\r\ngoto halt\r\n\r\n:locate\r\nif exist \"%~1\\root\\Office16\\OSPP.VBS\" (\r\n    set \"OSPP=%~1\\root\\Office16\\OSPP.VBS\"\r\n    set \"LICENSES=%~1\\root\\Licenses16\"\r\n    exit \/b\r\n)\r\nif exist \"%~1\\Office16\\OSPP.VBS\" (\r\n    set \"OSPP=%~1\\Office16\\OSPP.VBS\"\r\n    set \"LICENSES=%~1\\root\\Licenses16\"\r\n)\r\nexit \/b\r\n\r\n:halt\r\necho.\r\npause\r\nendlocal","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dada","url":""}}]}]}