This article describes the numbering scheme that is used by
Microsoft Office-family programs and utilities.
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When you install Office or any of the stand-alone Office
programs, a product code or GUID is created in the following section of the
Windows registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
The following is the format that is used by each GUID:
{WXYYZZZZ-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}
Note In Microsoft Visio, the following is the format that is used by each GUID:
{WXYYZZZZ-6D54-11D4-BEE3-00C04F990354}
The first eight characters of the GUID contain
information about the release type, edition type, store-keeping unit (SKU), and
language of the product. The remaining digits in the GUID (11D3-8CFE-...) do
not provide any easily categorizable information.
Used
Characters Definition Hex values
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W Release type 0-9, A-F
X Edition type 0-2
YY SKU of the product 10-35
ZZZZ Language identifier of the product any required
You can view the GUIDs for programs that are
installed on your computer by following these steps:
| 1. | Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. |
| 2. | Locate the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall |
The GUIDs should be the first items that are listed under
Uninstall, because their names start with braces.
Each GUID's
data pane contains multiple values, including the product name that appears in
the
Add/Remove Programs dialog box (DisplayName), the date that the product was installed
(InstallDate), the product ID (Product ID), the installation source
(InstallSource), and the registered company and user name (RegCompany,
RegOwner).
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Release type
The release type values specify the level of the release, for
example, Beta versus RTM. See the following table for details.
Value Release
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0 Any release before Beta 1
1 Beta 1
2 Beta 2
3 RC0<BR/>
4 RC1/OEM Preview Release
5-8 reserved values
9 RTM (first shipped version)
A SR1 (unused if the product code is not changed after RTM)
B SR2 (unused if the product code is not changed after RTM)
C SR3 (unused if the product code is not changed after RTM)
D-F reserved values
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Edition type
The edition type specifies the audience for the Office product,
for example, Enterprise or Retail. See the following table for details.
Value Edition
--------------------
0 Enterprise
1 Retail/OEM
2 Trial
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Office SKU
The Office SKU is the version of your Office product, for
example, Professional versus Standard. See the following table for details.
Value SKU
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11 Microsoft Office XP Professional
12 Microsoft Office XP Standard
13 Microsoft Office XP Small Business
14 Microsoft Office XP Web Server
15 Microsoft Access 2002
16 Microsoft Excel 2002
17 Microsoft FrontPage 2002
18 Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
19 Microsoft Publisher 2002
1A Microsoft Outlook 2002
1B Microsoft Word 2002
1C Microsoft Access 2002 Runtime
1D Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
1E Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack
1F Microsoft Office Proofing Tools Kit
20 System Files Update
22 unused
23 Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack Wizard
24 Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit
25 Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Tools (download from Web)
26 Microsoft Office Web Components
27 Microsoft Project 2002
28 Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage
29 Microsoft Office XP Professional Subscription
2A Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition Subscription
2B Microsoft Publisher 2002 Deluxe Edition
2F Standalone IME (JPN Only)
30 Microsoft Office XP Media Content
31 Microsoft Project 2002 Web Client
32 Microsoft Project 2002 Web Server
33 Microsoft Office XP PIPC1 (Pre Installed PC) (JPN Only)
34 Microsoft Office XP PIPC2 (Pre Installed PC) (JPN Only)
35 Microsoft Office XP Media Content Deluxe
3A Project 2002 Standard
3B Project 2002 Professional
51 Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
54 Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
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Language identifier
The language identifier, or LCID, varies from language to
language. Because the LCID is stored in the GUID in hexadecimal format, you may
need to convert it to decimal in order to determine the language of the GUID.
For example, 0409 hexadecimal is equivalent to 1033 decimal, which translates
to English.
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Sample GUID
If the GUID starts with 90280407, you know that the GUID was
created by the initial released version (9) of an Enterprise edition (0) of
Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage (28), and that the language of
the product is German (0407 hexadecimal = 1031 decimal = German).
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