Windows 10: Windows trying to update Office 2010 that is not installed on PC

Getting update errors but don't have office 2010 on this system.

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Windows 10 update disables office 2010

An automatic cumulative update for windows 10 version 1607 for x64 - based systems (KB3201845) successfully installed on my PC 0n December 10 2016. Since windows 10 update office 2010 no longer functions. Office 2010 has worked ever since windows 10 became
available and was installed, but not since the last windows 10 update. This is very inconvenient and needs to be rectified.

Got a windows 10 update on another machine about the same time and office 2010 still works on that one.

Any ideas?

 

Install Server Not Responding in Windows 10

Thank you. I think the problem might be with Microsoft Office Starter 2010. This program came with my computer a few years ago. I have uninstalled this program, but keep getting a Windows update message: Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2883019) 32-Bit
Edition...then, Failed to install. Is there a way to keep it from trying to install now that Office Starter 2010 has been uninstalled?

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SOLVED: When I uninstalled Office Starter 2010, Office Starter 2010 Click-to-Run did not install. I uninstalled it separately and now do not have this problem any more!

 

Sometimes there is an update that is tied to a specific product (i.e. MSO 2010) but actually applies to a system wide update.

Can you post information specific to the update?
The KB# and error codes are a good place to start.
A screen shot is also good.

See: Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Ten Forums - Windows 10 Forums

 

I am having the same issue, maybe but possibly not for same reason.

With windows 8 (later 8.1), and with office 2010 on the system, I had windows update misconfigured to only update upon request. I since installed office 2013 (office 365) on the system, and uninstalled office 2010. I suspect at some point the office 2010 update (Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687455) 32-Bit Edition) was downloaded to the system, but was not installed, before I unintalled office 2010.

To make things more interesting I installed windows 10 a few days ago, but this was happening with windows 8.1 as well, and I don't think affects the core issue

Now I keep getting the annoying daily error in windows update history

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2687455) 32-Bit Edition
Failed to install on <date>
Reading eightforums.com tutorial, I ran Disk Cleanup, but it did not show Windows Update Cleanup (I think that was what was stated in tutorial) option for cleanup.

Any ideas how to remove the downloaded update? I suppose I could reinstall office 2010, but that seems drastic.

 

You need to delete the contents of the C:\Windows\Software Distribution folder
You will have to stop the windows update service before you can do this.

Easy mode is a batch file as follows:

net stop wuauserv
CD %windir%
CD SoftwareDistribution
DEL /F /S /Q Download
net start wuauserv

check for updates again and it should be gone.