Thursday 19 December 2019

issues activating Office Professional Plus 2019 installed using deployment and retaining only the deployed apps

I have a handful of legit/legal Office Professional Plus 2019 keys. I use the deployment method to install because I only want to install specific apps (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). The installation works fine but when I go to activate I get different error messages. And, no matter what I try it will activate but it will then install all of the other applications that come with Office -- which I do not want.


This is my deployment XML file:
























Then, when I try to activate, some of the keys I use say this:



This product key has already been used. Please sign in with the active Office account that you used with this product key before, or enter a new product key here.



If I sign it, it shows me my Office 2019 products listed at https://setup.office.com/home/getoffice. If I select any, it activates but it says:



This product needs an update. You can continue using Office while the update is downloaded and installed.



But this ends up installing all of the other Microsoft Office products like Access, Skype, etc..


If I try my other keys, it says this:



This product key is for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019. Install this product instead.



If I click "Install this product instead." it doesn't do anything.


Am I doing something wrong? Is there anyway to install Office 2019 but only the products I need?

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