Retry the installation of Office you were doing when you got the error message.įor volume license versions of Project or Visio, use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) to install a Click-to-Run version Or, do the following:įollow the steps in Uninstall Office from a Windows computer to remove the Windows Installer version of Office. You can stay with the Windows Installer version of Office and not install the Microsoft 365 Click-to-Run version you were trying to install. What can I do about this error? Uninstall the Windows Installer (MSI) version of Office For more information, see 'Stop, you should wait to install Office 2016' error. Note: In some cases, you also can't have two different versions of Click-to-Run applications on the same computer.