Remove OGA Notifier
October 9, 2009I had a call today about Microsoft OGA (Office Genuine Advantage) Notifier becoming an annoyance for a client.
Office Genuine Advantage covers Office XP, Office 2003 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
It had to go…
I had a look around, it seems various people had about 5 workarounds to disable the OGA.
- Disable the OGA Addin by editing the registry.
- Disable the OGA Addin from within Word/Excel/Outlook/Powerpoint.
- Remove the OGA Addin files OGAVerify.exe and OGAAddin.dll from the System32 directory.
- Remove the OGA Addin from the registry.
- Run the OGANotifier.msi uninstall process by extracting it from the original OGANotifier.cab file.
I found none of these methods were really the best approach, a combined method would be best.
However, I very quickly discovered that people on the forums seemed to think it could not be uninstalled like any other application, but it can.
Thanks to appdeploy.com I was able to locate the all the uninstall strings for OGA Notifier for all known versions.
These uninstall strings with the right parameters for msiexec can force it to be uninstalled very easily. This, combined with the above “workarounds” used as a “cleanup” method if the uninstaller fails creates a very useful tool.
The removeOGA batch file was born, combining all the uninstall strings and a cleanup process, it’s an idiot proof way to completely remove the OGA Notifier.
- Download removeoga.bat (Right click and save as removeoga.bat)
Enjoy!
74 Responses to Remove OGA Notifier
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kelvin says:
whoa, works like a charm. this should be the way to remove all sorts of unwanted program. no downloading crappy trojan installers. thanks!
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Mike says:
This is a life saver! Works like a charm! Thank you!
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Sunny says:
you are rocking. thanks a ton.
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admin says:
@revertex
You’re right! I need to remove the OGALogon.job and OGADaily.job from c:\windows\tasks\
I’ll add that to the script today.
Thanks for your input!
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Dan says:
Excellent, great work!!! You are a STAR!!!
Thanks, thanks, thanks. -
Kevin says:
removeoga.bat worked like a charm on Windows 7 Ultimate. No more messages!
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Amit Kumar says:
Thanks, It works perfectly
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Strictly4me says:
Works on Windows 7 with Office 2007 for sure and maybe on Windows Xp with Office 2003. We will see in next days!
THX for your work!
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Monte says:
Your the man! No more headaches w/that annoying “ICON” titled “not genuine” on MS Outlook 07. I found your version to be the quickest and easiest way to fix that OGA issue on my Windows 7 Ulitmate!
Thanks for your support!
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shane says:
good one
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Bruce says:
WOW Yes You are the Man!
Ive been putting up with that anoying and time wasting notice for ages
And you Zapped it
Well done
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Ashok says:
Hey, I use Windows 7 professional with Office 2007. I ran this and gave a message that it uninstalled. But the anoying icon “not genuine” still appears on all office products – outlook, excel, word, powerpoint etc. Please help.
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Pesche says:
thanks very much indeed for the helpful little batch file. Great job! IT helps!
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Rey says:
Thanks a milion budd….. Office Genuine Advantage was genuinely a pain…
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Eddie Martinez says:
Your batch file works like a charm. I was using Outlook for several month and then it start with the Not Genuie Message. It basically did not allow to receive and send EMAILS.Executed the batch file and it got rid of the message and was able to send/recv emails. Fantastico
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Brian Mason says:
Hi
Some great comments.
I have downloaded the batch file and saved it to my desktop.
How do I go about executing the batch file? Sorry but I must have missed something. -
Office 2010 says:
Anybody got a Batch / Script for Office 2010?
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Roger says:
worked like a charm!! you are the best man…. thank you very much !
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Gary Miller says:
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Thanks!
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Gopinath says:
Thanks…Great job…
Just like Dave Laverie I too had to run as Administrator – worked like a dream. Thanks.