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Here, press and hold Shift key from keyboard and right-click on the empty area and select “Open command prompt here” option. Once you are in the folder: OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform you will see a file OSPPREARM.exe.Note: If you are using a 32-bit version of Office, then the Program Files directory will be C:\Program Files (x86) and the other path will be same as above. Now go to the following folder Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform.This will open your Windows program files directory. Press Windows+R keys type: %ProgramFiles% and hit enter key from the keyboard.
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Let’s see how to extend the trial period for Office. You don’t need to use any app to continue trial, just use ospprearm file in Windows built-in command prompt application. We already posted a guide to extending Windows 8 or 7 trial period, very similarly Office trial extends method works on subscription-based Office 365, older Office 20 as well. To keep using Office trial version for 180 days, you can run a simple command five times on every 30th day of trial, this way you will gain 30 more days of trial for five times. But, there is a trick that you can use to extend Office trial without spending and use it for 180 days which is about six months. After 30 days of the trial period, you have to pay and activate the license. Microsoft offers to download and try Office products for 30 days without paying anything.