{"@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. 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Analyze what's the problem with your code. ^^","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark De La Cruz","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment6","dateCreated":"2026-04-16 07:12:31","description":"Hello,\r\n\r\nas some have already remarked,\r\nthis guide as it is published here right now currently does not work with Office ProPlus 2024 for example.\r\n\r\nYou ought to make some changes in order for it to work.\r\n\r\nThese are:\r\n\r\nFor step 1.2:\r\ncd \/d \u201c%ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\u201d\r\ncd \/d \u201c%ProgramFiles(x86)%\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\u2033\r\n\r\ninstead of \r\ncd \/d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\r\ncd \/d %ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\r\n\r\nAs Microsoft has changed paths here.\r\n\r\nFor step 1.3:\r\nfor \/f %x in ('dir \/b ..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\u201d..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\%x\u201d\r\n\r\nI am pretty sure that if you use this instead of the above;\r\nfor \/f %x in ('dir \/b ..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\ProPlus2024VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs \/inslic:\u201d..\\..\\root\\Licenses16\\%x\u201d\r\n\r\nit is also going to work. However, I don't know what difference it would make.\r\n\r\nAbout step 1.3; Any other sort of asterisk *will not work* and make the system return an error that the directory could not be found.\r\n\r\nThese are the only necessary changes and you can use the rest of the guide as it is published without any troubles.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anonymous User","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment7","dateCreated":"2026-04-16 01:43:40","description":"Activations works at first when you check, but next timp you open an office app it has been deactivated.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ciprian","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment8","dateCreated":"2026-04-16 01:36:53","description":"Activation is getting success for every step tries method 1 as well as 2 but its still showing as \"Unlicensed\", further on clicking to activate asking product key and for product key \"FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH\" showing error message \"This product key is for the volume-licensed version of Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, which isn't currently installed. To use this product key, contact your administrator\"","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kris","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment9","dateCreated":"2026-04-16 01:24:03","description":"This product key is for the volume-licensed version of Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, which isn't currently installed. To use this product key, contact your administrator","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kris","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment10","dateCreated":"2026-04-04 14:48:29","description":"Para instalar correctamente debe primero desconectar de internet, luego desinstalar completamente el office y despu\u00e9s volver a instalar la ISO de office profesional plus 2021, seguir los pasos nuevamente y antes de aplicar el \u00faltimo comando: cscript ospp.vbs \/act debes conectar a internet nuevamente, ojo solo hasta antes de aplicar este \u00faltimo comando. Suerte","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Frank","url":""}}]}]}