

Unfortunately, Microsoft made changes beginning with Office 2013, where only the last five digits of the product key get stored on your PC. Each one has specific methods for installation and reinstallation, as well as how the product key gets stored and used.

There are four types of Microsoft Office software: Retail, Subscription, Volume, and OEM. It’s difficult to find, so you might be panicking trying to remember the lost activation code.

You’ll see the last five characters of your Office product key.Type cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.vbs" /dstatus and press “Enter.” Your location of OSPP.vbs may vary.
