move office to new pc

BACKTOBACK

i have office 2016 professional plus on an old pc and i would like to move it to a new one.
it is an official retail activated version of office.
i no longer have the product key / activation key or software disk
I have at my microsoft account online and the office software does not show. must be just on computer
please help

Tiexen

Without the disc your not going to get very far - if you really need Word, Office 365 from £60 a year, or free alteratives are available: openoffice, libreoffice etc

Neil_Jones

Magic Jellybean should get you the key back, you can then download Office from the website:
https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/download-and-install-or-reinstall-office-2016-or-office-2013-7c695b06-6d1a-4917-809c-98ce43f86479

Magic Jellybean:
https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

BACKTOBACK

thank you, i have tried magic jellybean from your link and also product key explorer and they both dont see the office software. they just find the windows 10 pro

debitcardmayhem

Silly question, you have tried that on your old pc?

J_B

If Jellybean won't find it, there was another program ..... can't remember, sorry!


EDIT ..

Belarc??

debitcardmayhem

J_B wrote: »

If Jellybean won't find it, there was another program ..... can't remember, sorry!


EDIT ..

Belarc??

or nirsoft produkey perhaps https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html although that may not work for later than 2007

dipsomaniac

you can get office 2019 pro plus for <£5 on ebay

that

this is pre-released software and may not be fully functional. note the password on tn the page as the zips are passworded
http://www.nirsoft.net/alpha/

You are looking for ExtPassword!, but I am unsure how far his development has come, also https://www.lifewire.com/free-product-key-finder-programs-2625119

datostar

dipsomaniac wrote: »

you can get office 2019 pro plus for <£5 on ebay

Yes and it will probably be a organisation digital key at risk of being blocked by Microsoft when they realise it's been used too many times. Happened to me with a similarly priced Office 365 which transpired to be registered to some American educational institution, real or otherwise, with the dodgy seller as administrator. I was allocated an email address although I could set my own password. I was a bit wary of it from the start when I realised what it was and careful not to use it for any sensitive information. It lasted about 9 months then I got an email from Microsoft advising that the entire account was being cancelled due to misuse by the administrator but kindly giving a month's notice to get stuff back from my 5 TB OneDrive.

dipsomaniac

You are not comparing apples with apples. Have not had any problems with buying office from eBay but would be a bit more wary of office 365