Reinstall old MS Office


  1. gabbydgar
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    windows 10 home build 17763
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    Reinstall old MS Office


    My decktop is a Dell from 2013, running W10. for the past 4-5 years have had MS Office Home & Student 2010 installed but really only use Word. Being old and not too smart I purchased a real cheap Office 365 2021 thinking it would be an improvement, not remembering that with every software update MS does things really change. So I went thru the whole uninstall process, and installed the 2021, and sure enough I would have to learn how to use Word all over again.
    So my question is: can I uninstall 2021 and reinstall the 2010 as I still have the disk and product key? I am too old to start learning a new word program. Dumb move on my part should have kept thing as they were.

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  3. MisterEd
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    There should be no problem reinstalling Office 2010. However, you should give Word 2021 more time before you give up on it.

    I have various versions of Office on all my computers including Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2021. Since I stick to mainly the basic functions in Word I don't have a problem switching between the different versions. Also, on one of my computers I use FreeOffice which is even more different.

    BTW, in a few months I will be 73 and still like to learn new things.

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  4. AmericanPharaoh
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    Question: "can I uninstall 2021 and reinstall the 2010 as I still have the disk and product key?" Answer: Yes
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  6. Steve C
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    You can certainly revert to Office 2010 but Office 2021 receives security updates whereas Office 2010 does not.
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  7. idgat
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    gabbydgar said:
    So my question is: can I uninstall 2021 and reinstall the 2010
    Yes, but make sure you use the full facilities of a 3rd party uninstaller like RevoUninstaller. The perfunctory offerings of Windows uninstall and/or MS Office uninstall tools NEVER do as clean a job as specialist software removal programs like Revo (freeware version is adequate)

    - download, install and run
    - select MS Office from list
    - uninstall (do NOT create a system restore point, tick/select every component listed to be removed)
    - DO NO REBOOT IF PROMPTED
    - select Advanced option button, run
    - select/tick/remove every component listed to be removed
    - reboot

    Now (re)install 2010
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