How to deactivate Office 2010 Starter?

**Rick Dees** · 31-08-2011

Hey friends I want to know that how to deactivate the MS Office Starter 2010? Recently I had loaded the MS Office 2010 Professional and Starter is the default package. So due to some problem now I want to deactivate this Starter default package. I do not have any idea about how to remove deactivate the MS Office Starter 2010, so can anyone please suggest me some way to deactivate the MS Office Starter 2010.

**Asclepius** · 31-08-2011

Yes, you can deactivate the MS Office Starter 2010, for doing this you will need to follow the following steps:
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Uninstall a program under the Programs section.
In the Currently installed programs list, click Microsoft Office Starter 2010, and then click Uninstall.
Follow the uninstall instructions, and then restart the computer.

**Muses** · 31-08-2011

I done with this solution, thank you but this thing do not solve my problem. for this I bought Office 2010 Professional and downloaded it. After this I uninstalled Office Starter 2010. But now I am facing one more problem that is all the documents I create using my newly purchased Word 2010 and Excel 2010 are saved as Office Starter icons. When I am trying to select the icons then a popup screen appears giving me 3 options - activate Office 2010, purchase Office 2010, or use Office Starter 2010. These documents are default when saved to Office Starter documents!!! Help me please in this issue.

**Erinyes** · 31-08-2011

Yeah dude, I am also facing the same problem. I also for this bought Office 2010 Professional and downloaded it but no changes in my problem. I would also like to know some solution on this topic.

**Nymphs** · 31-08-2011

Hey friend, Every time I go to open and attachment as an alternative of opening thew file with excel or word, it will pop up the stupid windows box to open it with started, this is buy office or activate. This thing is really maddening me, also this thing is not accept my activation key even I used to download and install office professional 2010. What can I do now?