Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license

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After a series of preview versions, Microsoft finally came out with an official version of Office 2019. It is the stable one, this means you can download and use it right now without worrying about fatal errors which you have gotten in beta versions before. However, I regret to inform that according to the disclosures, Microsoft Office 2019 only works on Windows 10. So if you are using Windows 8.1 or older versions, you will not be able to install it. Honestly, I hate what Microsoft have done to force users to use Windows 10. And I think Office 2016 is still a good choice for casual users at the moment.

How to download Office 2019 from Microsoft homepage

If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will be upgraded to the latest version automatically without doing anything. However, if you are using Office 2016 or earlier versions, to make sure that Office 2019 will work normally, please uninstall your old version of Office completely before starting a new installation. If you do not have Office 2019 already, just go here to get official download link from Microsoft homepage and select the version you want.

Installing Office 2019 without a product key

After the download process is complete, you will get an image file. Just open it then run the setup file to install Office 2019 on your PC.

Open Office 2019 setup file
Open Office 2019 setup file
UAC alert
UAC alert

This may take a while, please wait.

Office 2019 installation progress
Office 2019 installation progress

Upon successful installation, you can open any Office program to verify some basic information.

Just skip the “enter product key” window by clicking close button at the top right corner.

Bypass "Enter your product key" modal
Bypass “Enter your product key” modal
Accept Microsoft license agreement
Accept Microsoft license agreement

And as you can see, I am using Office Professional Plus 2019 and the trial license will expire in 7 days.

7-day trial license of Office 2019
7-day trial license of Office 2019
Important features are disabled
Important features are disabled

Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key

Method 1: Running commands one by one manually

Time needed: 1 minute.

Manually activate your Office with legal KMS product key.

  1. Open command prompt in administrator mode.

    First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to hit Enter in order to execute them.

  2. Open location of the Office installed on your PC

    cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
    cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16

    If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above. One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the screen.

  3. Convert your retail license to volume one

    for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"

    If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.

  4. Activate your Office using KMS client key

    Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.

    cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
    cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
    cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
    cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
    cscript ospp.vbs /act

    Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.
    C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
     The system cannot find the path specified.
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms"
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
     Office license installed successfully.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Successfully applied setting.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Successfully applied setting.
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
     Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
     ---Processing--------------------------
     Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
     SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
     LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
     LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
     Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
     
     
     ---Exiting-----------------------------
     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>


Right now the Office is activated successfully.

Office 2019 product activated
Office 2019 product activated

Method 2: Using batch scripts

This one is not recommend anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.

Step 1: Copy the following code into a new text document.

@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2019 ALL versions for FREE!&cls&echo ============================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without software&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Office Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019&echo.&echo.&(if exist "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul&set i=1
:server
if %i%==1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i%==2 set KMS=kms8.MSGuides.com
if %i%==3 set KMS=kms9.MSGuides.com
if %i%==4 goto notsupported
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo #Please feel free to contact me at msguides.com@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo #Your support is helping me keep my servers running everyday!&echo.&echo ============================================================================&choice /n /c YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto server)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Sorry! Your version is not supported.&echo Please try installing the latest version here: bit.ly/aiomsp
:halt
pause >nul
Create a new text file
Create a new text file

Step 2: Save the text file as a batch file with .cmd extension. (Eg. office2019.cmd).

Save the document file
Save the document file
Set name of batch script
Set name of batch script

Step 3: Run this batch file with admin rights.

Run the script with administrator rights
Run the script with administrator rights
UAC alert
UAC alert

Step 4: Check activation status again.

Your Office is activated successfully
Your Office is activated successfully

Done! You Office has been activated successfully.

Note: If your PC can not connect to any KMS servers, please try running the batch file again.

More information:

  • Here is KMS client key of Office 2019: NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP.
  • The KMS license of Office 2019 is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you neednt worry so much about the period.

If you would have any questions or concerns, please leave your comments. I would be glad to explain in more details. Thank you so much for all your feedback and support!


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1,438 thoughts on “Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license”

  2. Nobody

    Wow, it worked! Thanks, dude.

    I just want to remove Outlook, but the Uninstall Change method doesn’t seem to allow that.

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  4. fernando

    I got error 0x80040154, cannot activate on method 1. and on method 2, it says that i cant connect to the kms server…. i download the 2019 img from this website

    Reply ↓
    1. kWong

      0x80040154 Error Codes are caused in one way or another by misconfigured system files in your windows operating system.

      Solve out Windows error first, retry Office activation

      Reply ↓
  5. bajivali sk

    ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017

    ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.

    what should i do plz reply me..

    thanks and regards..
    bajivali

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  6. atlas

    Thanks!
    it works fine for the first run.
    I have install off pro ’19 with greek translation
    Win 10 1903 with avast free edition antivirus.

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  7. Mario Salas

    I updated my windows two days ago, and cant use the office anymore. I’ve tried to followed all these steps but in the last step 4 it doesn’t work 🙁 , I havee turned off windows defender too…

    Can anyone guide me?

    Reply ↓
    1. kWong

      Repair windows system before activate office program

      Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
      Click to select the Office product that you installed, and then click Change.
      Click the Repair option, and then follow the prompts to complete the repair process.

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  13. Ajit Ghodke

    Hi,
    I am getting this at the end. Not sure where it’s going wrong.. 🙁

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    —Processing————————–
    —————————————
    Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
    SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
    LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
    LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
    Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP

    —————————————
    Installed product key detected – attempting to activate the following product:
    SKU ID: d7279dd0-e175-49fe-a623-8fc2fc00afc4
    LICENSE NAME: Office 16, Office16O365HomePremR_Grace edition
    LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 16, RETAIL(Grace) channel
    Last 5 characters of installed product key: KHGM9
    ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
    ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
    —————————————
    —————————————
    —Exiting—————————–

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    1. Ajit Ghodke

      Done. I had to just uninstall the old key using this.
      cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.vbs” /unpkey:KHGM9

      Thanks a ton, man!

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  15. Kevin

    spent a few hours fumbling around like an idiot but it actually worked in the end O*G i can finally sleep thanks so much

    Reply ↓
  20. Danielfuentes

    hola, pues a mi no me funciona, aquí e texto queme sale:
    Microsoft Windows [Versión 10.0.18362.356]
    (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. Todos los derechos reservados.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms’) do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\root\Licenses16\%x”
    El sistema no puede encontrar la ruta especificada.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host versión 5.812
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

    Error de entrada: No se encuentra el archivo de comandos “C:\WINDOWS\system32\ospp.vbs”.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host versión 5.812
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

    Error de entrada: No se encuentra el archivo de comandos “C:\WINDOWS\system32\ospp.vbs”.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.com
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host versión 5.812
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

    Error de entrada: No se encuentra el archivo de comandos “C:\WINDOWS\system32\ospp.vbs”.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript ospp.vbs /act

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  21. Ray

    This Article really help me to used the microsoft office 2019.. it really works guys! Thankyou for your information

    Reply ↓
  23. Franco

    I have a problem, at the time I do the whole procedure it is activated, but after approximately 10 min, it is deactivated and I have to do all the steps returned. Is there any solution?

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  24. Siddhanta Babaria

    Hi! Guang. First of all many thanks for the office suite 2019. But i am facing some issues after the installation.
    I did everything by the book but when i tried opening word, it’s opening up only in online drive. I cant open it offline. The only thing i am able to open up offline is ‘Excel’, other then that i cant open any other parts of the office suite. Can help me regardig this matter?

    Thanks Again!

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  26. Ibrar

    I am activating my office 2019 but in end the screen shows i am using an older version. My version is not supported.

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    1. kWong

      1st Uninstall all Office program in your PC.

      Restart PC.

      Top Community , click in.

      Left Hand Side, Others, click in.

      My post: Office 2019 Microsoft Official Download link for Windows 10

      Clink in, first link of Office 2019 pro plus, download.

      Installation and Activation method show at the end of the post.

      If fail activation.

      Disable Windows Defender, retry activation.

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