Manually triggering updates in Office 2013

Question

Hi,
Does anybody know how to manually trigger an update in Office 2013?
How to update immediately rather than auto /
scheduled?
Updating via Windows/Microsoft Updates doesn't seem to work??
Many thanks.

Answer 1

I found that if you do the following you can always trigger manual updates for Office 2013.
In the registry go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\propertyBag"
Add a string value named "updatetoversion" and set the data to your desired version (must be a recognized version in http://support.microsoft.com/gp/office-2013-click-to-run)
such as 15.0.4551.1512.  This is KEY in making this work.
Make the following values are set to something that starts with http://officecdn.microsoft.com so that the updates are grabbed from Microsoft. 
Here are what mine are set to (removed product ID just in case yours is different).
***All values are found in key location outlined in step 1.    
- “baseurl” = “http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/<Product ID>/Office/Data/15.0.4517.1005”
(This version was my base version at install, do not change it if already set. 
If not, set to whatever your base version was at install)
- “updatebaseurl” = “http://officecdn.microsoft.com” 
(Make sure this one matches)
- “wwwbaseurl” = “http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/<Product ID>”
To Find your Product ID go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ClickToRun\ProductReleaseIDs\Active\Stream"
You will see value names that include the path of your install. 
Don’t use that ID, look at what the data of that key is set to. 
Such as “http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/<Product ID>/Office/Data/15.0.4551.1011/stream.x64.en-us.dat” and pull out your Product ID. 
Ensure all the keys in Step 3 are in the format I listed but with YOUR Product’s ID in place of <Product ID>.
Now run the batch file that has the following content. 
(Use ClientX86 for 32-bit)
cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64"
integratedoffice.exe updatedetection
integratedoffice.exe updatedownloadprompt
If it does not work correctly every time, break into 2 batch files and run one right after the other.
Batch file 1
cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64"
integratedoffice.exe updatedetection
Batch file 2
cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64"
integratedoffice.exe updatedownloadprompt
Good luck!