Microsoft office 2022 cant find your license for this application a repair attempt was unsuccessful

Microsoft Office is a complete suite. It comes with different applications that allow users to create documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, send, receive and manage emails, etc. Each Office product has a separate product key or license that is required to activate it. Sometimes Office fails to verify the license and generates several error messages, like Microsoft Office cannot find your license for this application. In this article, we will talk about some solutions to fix this problem.

Why can’t Microsoft Office find your license?

The most common reason why Microsoft Office cannot find your license is that the Software Protection Properties service is not running. If this service is not running or set to Delayed Start, you may encounter errors related to licensing Microsoft products. To resolve this problem, restart the Software Protection Properties service. We have explained the detailed process in this article.

Fix Microsoft Office cannot find your license for this application

Users who have encountered this problem have reported receiving the error message when opening a Microsoft Office application. The full error message looks like this:

Microsoft Office cannot find your license for this application. A repair attempt failed or was cancelled. Microsoft Office will now close.

If you receive the same error message when launching Office applications, we recommend that you try the following solutions in no particular order.

1. Restart the Software Protection Properties service
2. Update Microsoft Office
3. Repair Microsoft Office
4. Run an SFC scan

Below, we have explained all these solutions in detail.

1]Restart the Software Protection Properties service

The Software Protection Properties service verifies the activation of Microsoft applications and services. If this service is stopped or not running on your system, you may encounter error messages related to the verification of Microsoft products and services. Therefore, you must first check whether this service is running on your system or not. If you find that this service is stopped, consider starting it. If you find it already running, consider restarting it.

The following steps will help you:

1. hurry Win + R keys. the To run command box will appear on your screen.
2. Type services.msc and click OK. This will open the Services application.
3. Scroll down and locate the Software protection properties a service.
4. Once you find it, right click on it and select Properties.
5. Click on the To start up button.
6. Click on Apply then okay.

Now check if the problem still occurs. If the problem persists or the Start button is grayed out, try the registry fix provided below.

Before proceeding, we recommend that you create a system restore point and create a backup of your registry. The following instructions will modify some registry keys. Any mistake while performing these steps can cause serious damage to your system. Therefore, follow these instructions carefully.

Launch it To run control box by pressing the Win + R keys. Now type regedit and click OK. Click Yes in the UAC prompt.

Copy the following path and paste it into the Registry Editor address bar, then press Enter.

Make sure you have selected the sppsvc key on the left side. Now modify the following registry values:

• DelayedAutoStart to 0.
• Start at 2
• Type up to 20

To edit the above registry values, double-click them and enter a value in their Value data.

2]Update Microsoft Office

We suggest updating your Office product and seeing if that helps. To update a Microsoft Office application, one needs to open it, but according to users, the error message prevents them from opening Office applications. When they try to open the Office application, this error message appears on their screen and closes the Office application when they click on the OK button.

We suggest that you restart your computer and then open the Office application with which you encounter the error. After restarting the system, the error message should not appear. Follow the steps below:

1. Restart your computer.
2. Open the Office application with which you encounter the error.
3. Create a new file.
4. Go to “File > Account.”
5. Under the Product information section, click Update Options then click Update now.

3]Repair Microsoft Office

If updating Office does not solve your problem or if you are unable to update Microsoft Office, try to repair it. You can repair Microsoft Office from Windows 11/10 Settings or Control Panel. On the Repair Office screen, select Online Repair.

Read: Office application could not start correctly error 0xc0000142.

4]Run an SFC scan

A possible cause of the problem is corrupted system files. Therefore, we suggest you to run an SFC scan. SFC stands for System File Checker. Microsoft developed this tool to repair corrupt system files. To run the SFC scan, you need to launch the command prompt as an administrator.

How can I get rid of the not genuine notification in Microsoft Office?

To fix the not genuine notification in Microsoft Office, you need to reinstall the product. To do this, first uninstall Microsoft Office using the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant tool, then reinstall it.

I hope this helps you.

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