In this guide, I will show you how to activate Office 2019 for free without using any third-party applications like KMSpico or KMSAuto net. This means there is no risk to the security of your system or any potential viruses from those programs. Both methods I will explain to you are completely safe, and activating Office 2019 is straightforward. I guide you through each and every step with images for perfect understanding. The first method involves activating Office 2019 using cmd, while the second method uses an Office 2019 activator txt file. But before we dive into the activation process, let me give you a quick overview of upgrading to Office 2019.
What is New in Office 2019?
Microsoft has finally released Office 2019 after a lot of testing. This version is quite great as it is much more stable than the previous version. The final version is out and therefore you can download and use it without worrying about beta versions and errors.
However, where this is a plus point there is also a down point. The down-point is that you can not use Office 2019 on Windows 8, 8.1, or an older version. in simple words, it only operates on Windows 10 or newer operating systems. A large number of people are not happy about this change. According to their thinking, Microsoft is trying to force them to upgrade to Windows 10, even if they don’t want to.
For those who can’t use Office 2019 because of this, it’s frustrating. There is a large number of people who are happy with their current operating systems and do not see a reason to switch to Windows 10. Being told they can’t get the new Office just because of their operating system choice feels unfair.
Because of this, some people might stick with Office 2016. Even though it is older, Office 2016 still has everything they need. One good reason to keep using the MS Office 2016 is also because it is reliable and familiar.
How to Download Office 2019 from Microsoft Homepage
If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will update to the newest version on its own without you needing to do anything. But if you are using Office 2016 or an older version, you should uninstall it completely before installing Office 2019 to make sure everything works smoothly.
If you do not already have Office 2019, you can get the official download link from Microsoft’s homepage. Just go there and choose the version you want to download.
Installing Office 2019 Without a Product Key
After downloading and extracting the Office 2019 ISO file from the link above, now it is time to install it. If you do not know ‘how to install Office 2019’, let me properly guide you with that:
When you have downloaded the file you will get an image file, open it, and there you will see a setup.exe, run it to install Office 2019.
The installation procedure will take some time.
When the installation is done you can open any office program to verify some basic information. When you open any program and the ‘enter a product key’ appears just skip it. By clicking on the close (x).
After that accept the license agreement.
You can now see that Office 2019 is installed on my system and I am using a trial that will expire in 7 days.
Activating Office 2019 using KMS License Key
Now, let me show you how to activate Office 2019 without needing any activation program. I’ll teach you two methods: one using Office 2019 cmd activation and the other using a batch file called Office 2019 activator txt. Above all, you can find the full tutorial with step-by-step pictures at MS Guides (msguides.com.in). This process is just like the one I explained before on how to activate Office 2016 for free using an Office 2016 Activation txt + CMD.
1. Running Commands One by One Manually
In this method of activation, we will use cmd. Therefore, let me tell you how you can activate Office 2019 for free by running some activation commands in the cmd.
1.1 Open Command Prompt in Administrator Mode
in the Windows search bar, type command prompt, and when the program icon appears, right-click on it and then select run as administrator. You can see more details here.
1.2 Open the Installed location of Office 2019
Run the command below to access the installed folder location of MS Office 2019. Now, the location of the folder will be “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16” depending on the architecture of your system. If you are unaware of the location you can run both the command, one of them will work for sure.
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
1.4 Change Your License Type
If you got your Office directly from Microsoft’s official channels, this step is usually needed to validate your license and ensure everything works smoothly. But if you decide to install Office from a Volume ISO file, you might see this step as optional. This will give you full control over how you set up your installation. You can skip this step if you want. The command for changing the license type is:
for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
1.5 Office Activation with the Help of KMS Key
In order to activate Office, first run these commands. But, before you run these commands make sure that your system is connected to a stable internet connection.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
cscript ospp.vbs /act
Errors That May Appear And Its Solution
Now, during the last step, you can face the error 0xC004F074. This error is usually because of a poor internet connection or it can indicate that the server is busy. The only solution to this problem is that you check your internet connection and then keep on trying the ‘act’ command until you achieve success.
Command Prompt Code View
The complete command prompt will give you the bellow view:
C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>How to Check Office Activation
if you want to confirm the activation of Office 2019 you can follow the steps available below:
Open the Office product and from there go to account and there you can see the activation status of Office 2019.
2. Activate MS Office 2019 with Batch Script (MS Office 2019 Activator txt)
In this method, we will be using batch script often referred to as ‘Office 2019 Activator txt‘. This script is a piece of code is made available to you by MS Guides (msguides.com.in). Now, before using this method please check if this script is even workable now or not. As there is a saying that Microsoft has released a new update that has ended this actaivtion method.
2.1 Copy the batch Script (Office 2019 Activator txt)
Next, copy the below batch script for Windows 2019 Activation.
@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2019 (ALL versions) for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo =====================================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software&echo =====================================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Office Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019&echo.&echo.&(if exist "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul||goto notsupported
:skms
if %i% GTR 10 goto busy
if %i% EQU 1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i% EQU 2 set KMS=107.175.77.7
if %i% GTR 2 goto ato
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul
:ato
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo #Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo #Your support is helping me keep my servers running 24/7!&echo.&echo ============================================================================&choice /n /c YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto skms)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, your version is not supported.&echo.&goto halt
:busy
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, the server is busy and can't respond to your request. Please try again.&echo.
:halt
pause >nul2.2 Create a Text Document for Saving Script
Right-click anywhere on your desktop and from there you will have to click hover on ‘New‘. After that, a sub-context menu will appear. Click on ‘Text Document‘.
2.3 Save the Document with ‘.cmd’ Extension
Next, open the file and paste the batch script. When you have pasted the script, you will have to save the file. To do so, click on the ‘File‘ and then click on ‘Save as…‘. Then give any name you want to give it but add ‘.cmd’ extension at its end. In my example, I am giving the name ‘office2019.cmd‘.
2.4 Run the office2019.cmd
Next, run the office2019.cmd file. Run this file with administrator rights.
2.5 Check Activation Status
Now, open Office 2019 any program and go to its account setting there you can see the activation status of your Office.
Note: If you are system is facing some trouble connecting to the KMS server. Then you should try running the batch file again.
More Information:
- Here is KMS client key of Office 2019: NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP.
- The KMS license of Office 2019 is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you need not to worry so much about the period.
Conclusion
In this article, I have told you two ways that you can use in order to activate Office 2019 for free. Now, the best thing that makes my article different from all the other Office 2019 activation articles is that here I will tell you how to activate Office 2019 without using any third-party software. So, after reading the complete article you can now activate your Microsoft Office 2019 for free. The command prompt method (Office 2019 Activator cmd) is way easier and you can use it even now. Other than this the Office 2019 Activator txt file is also available which help is a highly popular method of activation. Use any of these method you want to activate your Office 2019.