This means that those product key finder programs aren’t quite as helpful as they used to be. After the report ran, I was stumped as to why it wasn’t showing up.Īfter doing searching, I found this article from About Tech with this disappointing excerpt: Unfortunately, Microsoft changed how they handled Microsoft Office product keys beginning with Office 2013, storing only part of the product key on your local computer. Recently, I needed to find a Microsoft Office 2013 key for a client and first went to Belarc. I saw this tip from 2013, I don’t believe it works now. There is another program called Magical Jelly Bean that people have used in the past (would advise you not use this, more later).Īnother way of finding your license keys is by running regedit (registry editor), on your local machine and navigating to the right place to find your key. Previously, I’ve relied on Belarc to reveal all license keys (among other things).

If you’ve had occasion to find your misplaced or lost Microsoft Office 2013 license key, you may have noticed it’s much more difficult to get. I was after the Win 7 key to have on hand when doing an upgrade.Ĭongratulations – you’ve found your Windows license keys! You can see in this example, it has found the Microsoft Office 2013 key and the Windows 7 Professional key. Immediately, it’ll open up a screen and show you the Microsoft Product keys you have on your computer. Open the extracted folder and click on the ProdKey application (shown below) After the download (I downloaded in a zip file), right-click on the folder and extract. Visit this section of NirSoft’s website, read through the instructions and download the program. Not only will it show your Microsoft Office 2013 (or probably other versions) license key, it’ll also show your Windows Product Key, if you need access to that. They stress that this is an open-source and crap-ware free download that is extracted and quickly run. Looking for your Microsoft Office License Key or your Windows license? You will probably be in luck with this new information I ran across from the How-To Geek.