Office 2019 Windows 7 Workaround

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Office 2019 Windows 7 WorkaroundWindows

March 2019 Windows and Office patches poke a few interesting places Although it’s much too early to draw any definitive conclusions, initial reports are that the March 2019 Patch Tuesday rollout.

  • This is a known issue in Office Click-to-Run applications. To repair the Office Click-to-Run application, follow these steps as appropriate for the version of Windows that the computer is running. Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8: On the Windows Start screen, type Control Panel.
  • Office 2019 is restricted to Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, and Windows 10 LTSC 2019. Business versions of Office 2019 are also only available in bulk licensing form, with a minimum of a 5 license purchase. Office 2019 Home may be installed.
  • When I first received the download instructions, I had a problem installing MS Office 2019 Professional even though the included instructions were clear and complete. I was able to easily contact the seller who knew exactly what the problem on my end was and provided the workaround I needed (my old DSL connection was too slow).

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

Symptoms

Assume that a Microsoft Office Click-to-Run application crashes multiple times when you try to start it, and then you receive the following dialog box:

Office 2019 Windows 7 Workaround

When you click Yes in the dialog box, the repair process does not start.

Cause

This is a known issue in Office Click-to-Run applications.

Workaround

Office 2019 Windows 7 Compatibility

To repair the Office Click-to-Run application, follow these steps as appropriate for the version of Windows that the computer is running.

Microsoft Office 2019 Windows 7

Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8:

  1. On the Windows Start screen, type Control Panel.
  2. Click or tap Control Panel.
  3. Under Programs, click or tap Uninstall a program.
  4. Click or tap MicrosoftOffice 365, and then click or tap Change.
  5. Click or tap QuickRepair, and then click or tap Repair. You may have to restart your computer after the repair process is complete.

Office 2019 On Windows 8.1

Windows 7:

  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Programs and Features.

  3. Click MicrosoftOffice 365, and then click Change.

  4. Select Quick Repair, and then click Repair. You may have to restart your computer after the repair process is complete.

    Note If the crash issue is not resolved after you use the Quick Repair option, use the Online Repair option as displayed in the following dialog box:

Status

Office 2019 Requirements Windows 7

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the 'Applies to' section.