

You will be left with an outdated Office software. This means that your Office installation will no longer be updated automatically. NOTE: We do not recommend disabling the Office Click-To-Run as doing so might stop Microsoft Office from getting updates. Though Windows does not support uninstalling the Click-To-Run, there is a workaround out there to prevent it from running. Click-To-Run is basically used to install and update the Office software. In fact, it is part of Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Office Click-To-Run is automatically installed along with the Office software. In this guide, we will see what Office Click-To-Run is and how to disable it in Windows 10. Learn more about the Office Deployment Tool and the options expressed in the configuration file from these links: Customization overview for Click-to-Run Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run Click-to-Run for Office 365 Configuration.The other day, I received an email from a reader asking if it is possible to prevent the Office Click-To-Run from automatically running in the background. The tool creates a configuration file, which the administrator can modify to specify what the desired action is.

Remove Office Click-to-Run products Administrators run the Office Deployment Tool at the command line.Configure which products and languages to install.Configure whether Office will automatically update or not.Configure the logging for an installations.Configure an installation to suppress all UI.Configure an installation to use a network share as the installation source instead of the Internet.Download an Office installation source to a network share location.Using the Office Deployment Tool, an administrator may: Some administrators will need more control beyond the default Click-to-Run installation behavior in order to work best in their environments. NOTE: For managing Office 2016 products that use Click-to-Run, use this version of the Office Deployment Tool: Office 2016 Deployment Tool for Click-to-Runīy default, Office 2013 installations that use Click-to-Run will download the Office product from the Internet, with full UI, and with automatic updates enabled.
