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Duncan_McC_NZ120
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Apr 19, 2019
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Targeted release not deploying on one PC...

I want the new Office icons! :)

 

* O365 set to "Targeted release for everyone"

* deployed 1904 to three other PC's fine

 

But MY (main) PC, hasn't picked this up.  And it hasn't for quite some time (ie. been on the Standard Release for some 6+ months now)

(Currently reports as: 1903)

 

And I don't know how to fix it!

 

I've tried ...

* completely removed Office from this PC, and re-installed.

* searched this forum and tried the ODT tool - (it doesn't run! - just briefly flashes a wee screen upon trying to run setup.exe).  I don't think it's a proper fix anyway, eh?

 

Can anyone help with this?

 

I suspect I have a registry setting, somewhere, that needs removing or adjusting???

 

Cheers,  Duncan.

  • Duncan_McC_NZ120 Hi Duncan, without knowing your ent. configuration the best bet is to try the REG value- if you aren't deploying using Group Policy this should work.  You can set or update the following REG Key

     

    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
    Value name: updatebranch
    Value type: REG_SZ

    Here are the strings to choose from:

    • InsiderFast
    • FirstReleaseCurrent 
    • Current
    • FirstReleaseDeferred 
    • Deferred

     

    Next open an Office application and go to File-> Office Account-> Update Options-> Update Now, it should update (or downgrade) your Office installation to the latest version of that release channel.  Try that and let me know- I had have luck with it before!

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    Ethan Stern
    Iron Contributor

    Duncan_McC_NZ120 Hi Duncan, without knowing your ent. configuration the best bet is to try the REG value- if you aren't deploying using Group Policy this should work.  You can set or update the following REG Key

     

    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
    Value name: updatebranch
    Value type: REG_SZ

    Here are the strings to choose from:

    • InsiderFast
    • FirstReleaseCurrent 
    • Current
    • FirstReleaseDeferred 
    • Deferred

     

    Next open an Office application and go to File-> Office Account-> Update Options-> Update Now, it should update (or downgrade) your Office installation to the latest version of that release channel.  Try that and let me know- I had have luck with it before!

    • Duncan_McC_NZ120's avatar
      Duncan_McC_NZ120
      Copper Contributor

      Ethan Stern 

       

      Cheers bud, applied, rebooted, didn't bother to wait (I'm sure it would auto-udpate???) - but did a manual check and it's updated!

       

      PS: not on a domain network here at my wee office.  And just your standard O365 Biz Premium subscription.

       

      Bit worried that it's a quick n' dirty fix that may not stand the test of time (re the '16.0') - it's hard to tell what version of course (re: Office 2016 or 2019)  given in O365 it just says, well, just that... "Office 365"...

       


      But I'm happy for now - desktop (well taskbar! - I'm not a desktop shortcut/icon fan!) icons looking nice :)  ...

       

      • Ethan Stern's avatar
        Ethan Stern
        Iron Contributor

        Duncan_McC_NZ120 ah, Biz Prem!  Nice!  I am sure it would auto-update too but it takes too long for me LOL.  I am glad it worked out!

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