How to locate MS Office product key

[eugeneg]

Having just installed MS Office 2013 via product key a couple of times I found the process so much harder than before. I really don't want to wait for software to stream then go through the phone activation with 7 tiny characters in each group. Nor do I see why I should have to divulge my email address to Microsoft. </rant>

Anticipating the time when my client's PC will fail and they will ask me to reinstall Windows & Office I have been running Belarc to collect a note of the product keys in case the client can not locate the installation media. With Office 2013 that is not possible. Does anyone know how to find out the product ID (from within Word or by copying registry keys perhaps) in some way other than getting a pencil and bit of paper out and copying from the key card ? (an option which would not exist if I was not the one to install Office in the first place).

 

[Martyn]

D7 or SIW will do it

 

[eugeneg]

D7 or SIW will do it

Not for me. D7 seems to have everything but I was not able to find where it reports on any product keys. In SIW I see the other product keys but not Office 2013. BTW on exiting SIW it hung my Win8 64bit system and I had to force a shutdown.

 

[brandonkick]

Advanced Tokens Manager will do the trick, if there are no major hardware changes.

Alternatively you can use the Microsoft Toolkit to view the product key.

*DISCLAIMER* The toolkit can be used for less then holy activities, but it can show you the product key of the product you installed which is perfectly legal.

 

[Altster]

Belarc Advisor will also do the trick.

 

[BillMoney]

http://foolishtech.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23

This should work for you

 

[eugeneg]

Advanced Tokens Manager produced a window containing "error" for Office.

I'm not sure which Microsoft Toolkit you are referring to brandonkick - could you post a link please ?

http://foolishtech.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23 gave incorrect results.

Belarc is what I normally use but that does not produce anything for Office 2013, hence my OP.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, but it seems this one may not have been cracked yet.

 

[HFultzjr]

Does this help?

http://www.vodusoft.com/blog/how-to-find-ms-office-2013-product-key/

Disclaimer....I have never used this software or procedure, so proceed at your own risk.

Harold

 

[Pieinacup]

Why not use powershell?

Unless something has changed since 2007 regarding the key, the following script here should work: http://powershell.com/cs/forums/t/1822.aspx

I've tested it with the 2007+2010 version.

Oh.. there's also the autoit way.. basically doing the same thing looking in the registry: Autoit V3 script

You can just use the codesnippet for whatever version you want obviously

 

[Rosco]

I use Nuclear Coffee Recover Keys. works great been using it for 2 years i think. never had any issues

 

[eugeneg]

Unless something has changed since 2007 regarding the key

The whole point of this question is that something HAS changed in the 2013 version relative to earlier versions - a point missed by some respondents. 2013 is delivered via application streaming and the license key is not held in the traditional registry location.