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Former Employee

Mar 08, 2019

Office ProPlus and Office 2019 now install 64-bit as default

Office has been available in both 32-bit and 64-bit for several years and beginning at last Ignite, we updated our recommendation and now default setting to 64-bit. We are excited about the 64-bit de...

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bimmerdriver

Copper Contributor

Apr 02, 2021

I have a new PC running windows 10 professional 64 bit. I installed office 2019 professional plus and there no prompt for 32 or 64 bit. Some time later, to my surprise, I noticed that the 32 bit version was installed. I uninstalled it using the uninstallation tool and reinstalled it and again, there was no prompt for 32 or 64 bit and again the 32 bit version was installed. I don't have either project or visio or any other microsoft software installed on the PC. Why is 32 bit office being installed and how to I force the installation of the 64 bit version?

Lt_Mandar
Copper Contributor
May 01, 2021
bimmerdriver
I used an offline installer iso for Office 2019 Pro Plus. I mounted the iso and went to 'Office' folder of the dvd and ran the setup64.exe instead of setup.exe in the root folder of mounted iso. this worked for me.

I hope this helps.