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serial number problems?

SUPER_JESUSSUPER_JESUS Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I have a program on my old desktop that i would like to install on my new computer but it seems that in all my recent moving i threw away the serial number. Is there any way to get it off of my old desktop?

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  • Sir Red of the MantiSir Red of the Manti Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I suppose you could see if there's an entry for it in the registry, as that's how I once recovered a serial for my antivirus program.

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  • romanqwertyromanqwerty Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    You could also check if it is in any of the files in the installed directory. Some programs with cd keys have cfg or ini files with the cd key in there.

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  • JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Assuming that you bought it, you may be able to contact customer support for the company that sells it and get the serial number sent to you again.

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  • SUPER_JESUSSUPER_JESUS Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    how would i go about looking in my registry?

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  • AtomBombAtomBomb Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Start>Run> type "regedit" <enter>

    That gets you to the registry. I'm guessing that you'll want to look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE but I've never pulled serials out that way so someone else might point you elsewhere.

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  • FibretipFibretip Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    it would help to know what the program is... some high profile programs (windows etc) have little apps written by online folks that can fish out your serial number from the registry for you to save you the trouble.

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  • SUPER_JESUSSUPER_JESUS Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    its a drafting program called vector works.. if that helps any

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