Can't Install Any Office Product (Service Office Software Protection Platform Won't Start)











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I had Office 2016 installed and I went to reinstall it because I was having some issues. Now when I try to install I get the following error




Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (oppsvc) failed to start'




When I go to manually start the service I get




Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified




Which is strange because I can see the file path to "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE" exists



I have tried changing the Log-On as for the service to be my account or Local System Account but it does not work.



I even tried to install Office 2013 and I get the exact same issue.



How can I install any version of Office if I cannot get past the installation?










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  • Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:31










  • Already tried that, still get same error
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:40










  • You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:44










  • Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:47










  • Did you try Repair an Office application?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:49















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I had Office 2016 installed and I went to reinstall it because I was having some issues. Now when I try to install I get the following error




Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (oppsvc) failed to start'




When I go to manually start the service I get




Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified




Which is strange because I can see the file path to "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE" exists



I have tried changing the Log-On as for the service to be my account or Local System Account but it does not work.



I even tried to install Office 2013 and I get the exact same issue.



How can I install any version of Office if I cannot get past the installation?










share|improve this question






















  • Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:31










  • Already tried that, still get same error
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:40










  • You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:44










  • Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:47










  • Did you try Repair an Office application?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:49













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I had Office 2016 installed and I went to reinstall it because I was having some issues. Now when I try to install I get the following error




Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (oppsvc) failed to start'




When I go to manually start the service I get




Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified




Which is strange because I can see the file path to "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE" exists



I have tried changing the Log-On as for the service to be my account or Local System Account but it does not work.



I even tried to install Office 2013 and I get the exact same issue.



How can I install any version of Office if I cannot get past the installation?










share|improve this question













I had Office 2016 installed and I went to reinstall it because I was having some issues. Now when I try to install I get the following error




Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (oppsvc) failed to start'




When I go to manually start the service I get




Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified




Which is strange because I can see the file path to "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE" exists



I have tried changing the Log-On as for the service to be my account or Local System Account but it does not work.



I even tried to install Office 2013 and I get the exact same issue.



How can I install any version of Office if I cannot get past the installation?







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  • Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:31










  • Already tried that, still get same error
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:40










  • You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:44










  • Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:47










  • Did you try Repair an Office application?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:49


















  • Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:31










  • Already tried that, still get same error
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:40










  • You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:44










  • Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
    – Bijan
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:47










  • Did you try Repair an Office application?
    – DavidPostill
    Mar 25 '16 at 18:49
















Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:31




Error message when you try to install Office 2010: "Error 1920. Service 'Office Software Protection Platform' (osppsvc) failed to start.
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:31












Already tried that, still get same error
– Bijan
Mar 25 '16 at 18:40




Already tried that, still get same error
– Bijan
Mar 25 '16 at 18:40












You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:44




You ran this icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t?
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:44












Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
– Bijan
Mar 25 '16 at 18:47




Yes and it said it changed 8 files but I still cannot start service
– Bijan
Mar 25 '16 at 18:47












Did you try Repair an Office application?
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:49




Did you try Repair an Office application?
– DavidPostill
Mar 25 '16 at 18:49










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Couple of things to try:
In Services, make sure OSPPSVC is not disabled.
Run CMD, enter: sc config "osppsvc" start= demand






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    It is a issue with the Software Protection service. I had this issue forever and tried many different solutions online to fix this; many MS uninstallers, 3rd party, different versions of Office from 2010, 2013, 2016, etc.



    This is what finally fixed it (also if need be manually start your Software Protection Service):



    Drop this into a command prompt that you are running as an administrator:



    icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t


    It should give you the output similar to this:



    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatform
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPC.DLL
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPCEXT.DLL
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformosppobjs-spp-plugin-manifest-signed.xrm-ms
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPOBJS.DLL
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPWMI.DLL
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformOSPPWMI.MOF
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformTBD1695.tmp
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformTBD1696.tmp
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformTBDE044.tmp
    processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
    onPlatformTBDE054.tmp
    Successfully processed 12 files; Failed processing 0 files


    After that, I was able to get both Office 2016 and 2013 installed.






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    Couple of things to try:
    In Services, make sure OSPPSVC is not disabled.
    Run CMD, enter: sc config "osppsvc" start= demand






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      Couple of things to try:
      In Services, make sure OSPPSVC is not disabled.
      Run CMD, enter: sc config "osppsvc" start= demand






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        Couple of things to try:
        In Services, make sure OSPPSVC is not disabled.
        Run CMD, enter: sc config "osppsvc" start= demand






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        Couple of things to try:
        In Services, make sure OSPPSVC is not disabled.
        Run CMD, enter: sc config "osppsvc" start= demand







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            It is a issue with the Software Protection service. I had this issue forever and tried many different solutions online to fix this; many MS uninstallers, 3rd party, different versions of Office from 2010, 2013, 2016, etc.



            This is what finally fixed it (also if need be manually start your Software Protection Service):



            Drop this into a command prompt that you are running as an administrator:



            icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t


            It should give you the output similar to this:



            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatform
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPC.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPCEXT.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformosppobjs-spp-plugin-manifest-signed.xrm-ms
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPOBJS.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.MOF
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1695.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1696.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE044.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE054.tmp
            Successfully processed 12 files; Failed processing 0 files


            After that, I was able to get both Office 2016 and 2013 installed.






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            • Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
              – Bijan
              May 19 '16 at 23:45










            • Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
              – DavidPostill
              May 20 '16 at 10:10















            up vote
            0
            down vote













            It is a issue with the Software Protection service. I had this issue forever and tried many different solutions online to fix this; many MS uninstallers, 3rd party, different versions of Office from 2010, 2013, 2016, etc.



            This is what finally fixed it (also if need be manually start your Software Protection Service):



            Drop this into a command prompt that you are running as an administrator:



            icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t


            It should give you the output similar to this:



            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatform
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPC.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPCEXT.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformosppobjs-spp-plugin-manifest-signed.xrm-ms
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPOBJS.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.MOF
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1695.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1696.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE044.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE054.tmp
            Successfully processed 12 files; Failed processing 0 files


            After that, I was able to get both Office 2016 and 2013 installed.






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            • Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
              – Bijan
              May 19 '16 at 23:45










            • Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
              – DavidPostill
              May 20 '16 at 10:10













            up vote
            0
            down vote










            up vote
            0
            down vote









            It is a issue with the Software Protection service. I had this issue forever and tried many different solutions online to fix this; many MS uninstallers, 3rd party, different versions of Office from 2010, 2013, 2016, etc.



            This is what finally fixed it (also if need be manually start your Software Protection Service):



            Drop this into a command prompt that you are running as an administrator:



            icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t


            It should give you the output similar to this:



            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatform
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPC.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPCEXT.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformosppobjs-spp-plugin-manifest-signed.xrm-ms
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPOBJS.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.MOF
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1695.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1696.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE044.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE054.tmp
            Successfully processed 12 files; Failed processing 0 files


            After that, I was able to get both Office 2016 and 2013 installed.






            share|improve this answer














            It is a issue with the Software Protection service. I had this issue forever and tried many different solutions online to fix this; many MS uninstallers, 3rd party, different versions of Office from 2010, 2013, 2016, etc.



            This is what finally fixed it (also if need be manually start your Software Protection Service):



            Drop this into a command prompt that you are running as an administrator:



            icacls "C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" /grant "Network Service:F" /t


            It should give you the output similar to this:



            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatform
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPC.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPCEXT.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformosppobjs-spp-plugin-manifest-signed.xrm-ms
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPOBJS.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPSVC.EXE
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.DLL
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformOSPPWMI.MOF
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1695.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBD1696.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE044.tmp
            processed file: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedOfficeSoftwareProtecti
            onPlatformTBDE054.tmp
            Successfully processed 12 files; Failed processing 0 files


            After that, I was able to get both Office 2016 and 2013 installed.







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            • Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
              – Bijan
              May 19 '16 at 23:45










            • Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
              – DavidPostill
              May 20 '16 at 10:10


















            • Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
              – Bijan
              May 19 '16 at 23:45










            • Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
              – DavidPostill
              May 20 '16 at 10:10
















            Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
            – Bijan
            May 19 '16 at 23:45




            Someone in the comments suggested exact same thing and it did not work
            – Bijan
            May 19 '16 at 23:45












            Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
            – DavidPostill
            May 20 '16 at 10:10




            Welcome to Super User! Please read the question and it's comments again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question.
            – DavidPostill
            May 20 '16 at 10:10





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