error code 30088-28

Error code 30088-28 : Microsoft office application is now an important element of our day to day life as it deals about our studies, work, business etc. As it is a development era Microsoft has launched the well developed and secured products such as Office 365 and Office 2016 and also Office 2013 which was precede of Office 365 and Office 2016. You could buy the Office product from Microsoft product list or store. Some cases the installation or update of Office may end up with Error code 30088-28.

System File checking or SFC Scan to fix Error code 30088-28

System file checker tool is an advanced mechanism to check and verify the missing and corrupted system files in the operating system. This utility will allow the windows to scan and restore the missing/corrupted files of Office error code 30088-28.

Click on windows key
Search for command prompt or cmd
Right click and run the command prompt as administrator.
If prompted for administrator password or confirmation click password or click allow.
Once the command prompt is open, type the following command and click enter

sfc/scannow

Step:2

Temporarily disable Firewall and Antivirus to fix Error code 30088-28

Step 1. Open “control panel”

Step 2. Navigate to “system and security” and then to “Windows Firewall”

Step 3. Click on “turn windows firewall On or Off”

Step 4. Select Turn Off firewall for both private and public network.

Step 5. Try installing or updating Microsoft Office and check whether the Error Code is fixed.

Step:3

Registry repair to fix Error Code 30088-28

Follow the steps to repair registry:

Step 1. Open registry editor

Step 2. Delete the preinstalled or older registry key which block the installation of latest version or update.

Step 3. Navigate the below keys and delete it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\11.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\12.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\14.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0

Step 5. Also change the DWORD values in below keys from 0 to 1 in Office common registry folder.

LicenseServers

LicenseServerRedirection

AutoExpandDLsEnable

PassportAuthProvider

For more information on back up of registry follow the Microsoft kb article 322756

Step:3

Repair your Office app to fix

error code 30088-28 will be fixed when Office repair tool replaces all the corrupted system files. Follow the steps below to run repair tool to fix the error code 30088-28.

Open Control Panel using Start.

Click on Programs and select Programs and Features.

Click on the Office product that you want to repair.

Click Change.

Select Quick Repair and click on Repair. If Quick Repair didn’t fix the error code, select Online Repair and click on Repair.

Note: If Office Repair did not fix the error, remove and reinstall the Office Suite to fix the error code 30088-28.

Step:4

Remove Office application

Step 1. Open control panel

Step 2. Click on uninstall programs and features

Step 3. Search for Microsoft Office in the list.

Step 4. Select Microsoft Office and click on uninstall.

Step 5. Once uninstall is finished, try running Office setup to install Microsoft Office.

Step:4

Download and install Office

1. Sign in to your My Account page using the link https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=613327