Something Went Wrong in Microsoft Office 2013: Error 30088-4

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Error Code 30088-4is a genericerrorthat pops up when you try to installOffice 2013. Oftentimes, You can’t fix thiserrorby uninstalling Office and trying to install it again. Here you’ll find a few ways you can deal with it.

Something Went Wrong inMicrosoft Office 2013[FIX]

Thiserroris particularly prone to happen on operating systems that have had Office installed on them before. Sometimes, the built-in uninstaller just doesn’t cut it; it doesn’t delete everything and leaves somefileson your computer, and those cause issues on subsequent installs of Office.

Solution 1 — Completely uninstall Office using Microsoft’s tool

Thankfully, Microsoft has provided atoolthat was specifically made to help you uninstall Office. You can follow these steps to download and use thetool:

You should try installing Office again to see if theerrorcode 30088-4 still persists. Hopefully, it won’t, but If it does, you should try the next method.

Solution 2 — Completely uninstall Office manually

Deleting all of Office’sfilesmanually consists of many steps. But before we start, you have to make sure your computer displays hiddenfilesand folders. Do so by following these steps:

Now that you can see hiddenfileson your system, it is time to delete the ones related to Office.

Read also:How to run Microsoft Office Picture Manager on Windows 10.

Microsoft Office has a service namedOffice Source Engine Service, and this should be stopped before proceeding further. Itlocks Office fileson your computer, and if you attempted to delete them, your computer will only show a “Filein use by another process”error.

Depending on whether you are running A 64-bit version of Windows or a 32-bit, the locations you need to search will differ. The ‘(x86)’ part of each address is only required if you have a 64-bit system, and you should omit it if you have a 32-bit one.

You may need to repeat step 5 a number of times depending on how many drives you have. One time for each hard drive.

A word of warning, deleting Registry keys is quite risky to do and you might make your computer unfunctional. You should attempt this as a last resort and make sure youbackup your Registrybefore doing it.

Solution 3 — Use the offline installer

If you are using an online installer for your Office installation, switching to the offline counterpart might help. There are a lot of unknown variables likefirewallsand ISP specific settings that might cause theerror. The offline installer will eliminate those uncertainties and, hopefully, help you install Office successfully.

Conclusion

In this article, we looked at three ways you can deal with the stubbornerrorcode 30088-4. We hope that as you are reaching this point in the article, your Office is happily installing without any issues.

Use the comments section below to tell us about the problems you’ve faced when trying to install Office, and whether this article helped you resolve the error code 30088-4, or if there was a method we overlooked and didn’t mention.

Something Went Wrong in Microsoft Office 2013: Error 30088-4#

Something Went Wrong inMicrosoft Office 2013[FIX]#

Solution 1 — Completely uninstall Office using Microsoft’s tool#

Solution 2 — Completely uninstall Office manually#

Solution 3 — Use the offline installer#

Conclusion#