In today's article, we will explore why you might sometimes encounter the error message "Stop, you have to wait to install Office 2016, we will have to remove the following if you continueWhen installing the Office 2016 suite on Windows 10 – then provide the solution to fix the problem.
Stop, you have to wait to install Office 2016
When you try to install the Office 2016 suite, you may receive the following error message:
Stop, you have to wait to install Office 2016. We will have to remove the following if you continue:
. This app will not work with Office 2016 at this time. We are working on a solution.
This error applies to:
- Office for business
- Office 365 administrator
- Office 365 for the home
- Office 365 Small Business
- Office 365 Small Business Administrator
- Office.com
You will experience this problem if any of the following conditions are true:
- You haven't updated Office 2016 or Office 2013 to the latest version.
OR
- You installed a stand-alone 2013 application that conflicts with the newer version included in Office 2016.
To resolve this issue, you can try one of the two solutions below, as recommended by Microsoft.
1) The first thing to do before installing Office 2016 is to update Office 2013 to the latest version.
Here's how:
- Open any Office application and choose File > Account. If you use Outlook, choose File > Office account.
- Under Product information, choose Update options > Update now.
- Try reinstalling Office 2016.
2) The other option is to remove the conflicting 2013 application. If a standalone 2013 application (such as Word 2013) is installed on your computer, but a newer version of the application is already included in the Office 2016 suite that you are trying to install, you will get this error. For example, since Office 2016 includes Word 2016, the standalone version of Word 2013 cannot coexist with the 2016 version of Word.
To resolve this issue, when installing Office 2016, click Install anyway. This installs the full version of Office 2016 and removes Word 2013.
If you want to reinstall Office 2013 after successfully upgrading to Office 2016, follow the instructions in this guide.
That's it!