Microsoft Office 2010: Fix Cannot Verify the License For This Product

No matter how much you spent on buying new MS office 2010 program once it got corrupted either you have to completely remove office program and reinstall it or change the product key,  it is like a nightmare when you open it after installation or few days after installation and start getting an error that “Cannot verify the license for this product” but rather than reinstall or inserting new product key follow this trick which will surely help you to reactivate office 2010 without a new license key.

What if you have done till now to activate MS office 2010-

• Re-Enter CD key
• Install every single item you could select during the install.
• Removed CD key with office remover
• Remove office + reinstall office
• Repair Office Program
• Rebooted many times

With no luck ?? Then try below method to activate it.

Steps To Fix Microsoft Office 2010 “Cannot Verify The License For This Product” Error:-

Step 1.  Open Command Prompt as administrator. ( Go to Start  and Search for CMD do a right click on it then click on “Run as administrator“).

Step 2.  In command prompt navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14.  (or similar folder as per your office version like office16).
By typing following command in cmd-
cd..                                      Hit Enter on you keyboard
cd..                                    Hit Enter
cd program files           Hit Enter
cd microsoft office      Hit Enter
cd office14                       Hit Enter

If you are using the 64-bit version of windows then navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14.
by typing the similar command in the cmd window. [Or find similar folder according to your office version]

Step 3.  Now type  cscript ospp.vbs /act    in cmd window and hit Enter on your keyboard.

Above command will re-register your office using the same product key. After that, you will get the following message into cmd window.

This will activate your copy of MS Office program without any problem.

If you get an error that “Software protection platform service is not running”  then enable “Software Protection” service form Services.

Now reopen office 2010 program, you will not get any error. You can try this fix on other versions of office like office 2013 office 365 etc.

Above solution will help you to fix “Cannot verify the license for this product” but if you are running pirated or non-genuine version of Microsoft office 2010 it may not work.

However, you can get the original product from amazon at very low cost, using an original product support the developers and keep you safe from the different type of malware which come along with pirated programs.

If you face any trouble during this process or have any question then comment below and do not forget to share this trick.