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How to find Microsoft Office path from command line


I would like to use command line to locate the path of MS office. It should return something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14 which might differ to different users.

Tried using:

where WINWORD.EXE 
INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).

for %i in (WINWORD.EXE) do @echo.   %~$PATH:i
No output

Thanks for any help


Solution

  • One starting point is the registry entries for application registration

    reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\WINWORD.EXE"