Some people forgot to save the serial number after they installed Adobe Photoshop or Dreamweaver CS6 on the computer. They have no idea where and how to find the serial number when they need it again.
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What to do if you no longer have the original Microsoft disc. If you don’t have the original CD or DVD the Microsoft Office/Windows product keys are encrypted inside the Windows Registry*. This means you can retrieve them. Update: for a quick way to do this with PowerShell see. Setting Office Click to Run Channel via the Registry. Here is the registry key to choose a channel (Thanks Kyle in the comments!) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Policies Microsoft office 16.0 common officeupdate. Knowing how to change a Windows serial number is vital when your computer is locked out from receiving essential Windows updates, which provide the security features necessary to safely maintain a connection to the internet. This article will cover the easiest method to change a Windows XP serial number. Enter 'Regedit' in the Open field. Office 2010 and Office 2013 do not store their product keys in an easily accessible location in the registry file and many third party programs cannot scan for them. However, you can use a script to find the last five digits of the product key. MS-Office License Key Location in Registry > Closed MS-Office License Key Location in Registry. No way to install Produkey or Keyfinder or any other program which will tell me the license key. Microsoft Office 2013 has a close integration with Microsoft services and if you use a Microsoft Account on Windows 8/8.1, it automatically signs in to it without asking you. Once you are signed in, Office 365 and OneDrive cloud features are enabled in the product. Some knowledge of Regedit is needed, to learn to change the XP serial/license number. Make the required changes in the registry and run a command to change the serial number. Make the required changes in the registry and run a command to change the serial number.
Actually, all the product keys or serial numbers for Windows and all kinds of software excluding the trial version and pirated software installed on your computer are stored in Windows Registry. You can find Adobe CS6 serial number in Registry manually or by using a specialized tool.
2 ways to find Adobe CS6 serial number in Registry
Way 1: Manually open Registry to find Adobe CS 6 serial number
Remind everyone that it stores important system configurations in Registry. So you need to be very careful while making any change even just viewing some information in Registry. But don’t worry. Just do as the following steps and there won’t be any problem.
Step 1: Click on Windows Start icon in the lower left corner. In the search box, type regedit and it will display regedit.exe program. Click on the regedit.exe and confirm the User Account Control dialog if prompted to open Registry Editor.
Tips: If you are using Windows 8 and have no Start button, you can press Win + R to bring Run dialog. Then type regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor.
Step 2: In Registry Editor, open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE AdobePhotoshop 60.0. There you can find the PhotoShop CS6 serial number in the right pane. But please note the displayed serial number is encrypted and you can’t use it to install Adobe CS6 software until you decrypt the serial number using a tool like 'Belarc Advisor' or 'Recover Keys'. Just wait patiently in the decryption process.
Way 2: Use product key finder to find Adobe CS6 serial number in Registry
If you think it’s too much trouble to use the first way, then you might as well use a product key finder program like iSumsoft Product Key Finder, which finds serial number via accessing to Windows Registry. The difference is what it finds is the real serial number you can use to install Adobe CS6.
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Step 1: Download and install iSumsoft Product Key Finder programon your computer.
Step 2: Launch this program. Click on the Start Recovery button.
Step 3: Then it will find and display all product keys and serial numbers for all software including Adobe CS6 currently installed on your computer. Click on the Save to File button to save the serial numbers into a Notepad.
Conclusion: Compared with manually opening Registry Editor to find the encrypted Adobe CS6 serial number and then decrypting it with a tool, it should be easier and more convenient to use a product key finder like 'iSumsoft Product key Finder'. It's a more advanced program that can find all product keys and serial numbers for Windows and software installed on the computer. And it makes it more convenient for you to back up your serial numbers.
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You can use any of the following tools to extract the Product Key from you computer. These tools report on many installed programs on your computer, not just Office.
PS: you should keep a copy (printed and/or file copies on external storage devices) of the report(s) generated by these tools so you have all of your product keys / registration numbers available for future re-installs
FYI: I (Rohn) have not tested these tools in Windows 8 (just haven’t had an excuse to make/waste the time), but I don’t expect any problem. The underlying mechanics of Windows 8 are essentially the same as Windows 7 if you ignore the Metro User Interface. Think of metro as “lipstick on a pig”. The pig is not changed by adding a little paint on the surface.
Normally you have several resources to find your Retail Product Key.
oYour original package or purchase confirmation e-mail
oOnline download account
oYou can extract the Product Key from the machine itself
oImage copy backups of system with Office installed
oActivation backup utilities
From what I’ve read, MS uses a file called TOKENS.DAT to store encrypted product activation keys:
C:ProgramDataMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformTokens.DAT
C:WindowsServiceProfilesNetworkServiceAppDataRoamingMicrosoftSoftwareLicensingTokens.data
C:Windows.OldProgramDataMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatformTokens.DAT (if you did an in-place Windows Upgrade)
After you extract the Product Key, make sure to write it down and keep it in a safe place. Burning a copy of the installation file to a CD would also be a good idea if you don’t have the installation disk.
NOTE: OEM (factory install and activated) licenses use a different key than the one reported.Only the factory can use the PK from the original factory activation. You would have been provided with a separate piece of paper with a Product key for reactivation.
I have tried the first 6 in this list with various degrees of success:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html- not only does Belarc extract product keys, it reports on a WHOLE BUNCH of other stuff you want to know. Printing the report, or saving it is probably a good idea.
http://www.gtopala.com/SIW – System Information for Windows (portable app), the install keys for Windows, Office and some other programs are displayed. Start SIW (no install required) and click on Software | Licenses. (SIW for Win 2010 Build 0714g)
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/V 2.0.8- Office 2003 OK, 2007 OK, 2010 na, Win Vista Wrong)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keyfinder / - Enchanted Keyfinder Beta Portable- Win (9X, ME, NT/2K/XP, Vista, Win7), MS Office (97, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010), Recover key for 484 other software and counting
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.htmlNirsoft ProduKey V1.45- Office 2003 OK, 2007, 2010, Win Vista)
ProduKey may be able to extract product key information from a registry file saved externally. This is useful if you’re trying to get the key details from the backup of a now defunct machine. Try the /Regfile option.
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After installing on my system, I ran the program --> AS ADMINISTRATOR <-- and then clicked on File --> Select Source. Once in this menu it may appear a little overwhelming, don't worry it's not that complicated and your not going to break anything else. Select the circle next to 'Load the product keys from external Software Registry hive'. Now from here you may have to browse to a slightly different location depending on where your windows.old folder is located, but you want to basically browse to the following and open this file:
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C:Windows.oldWindowsSystem32configRegBackSOFTWARE
After opening this file select ok; you may have to wait a few minutes for it to load the hive and give you your keys, but if they're there you should see them and be able to fresh install your MS Office.
Please note that this did work for my Office 2007, it also gave me my Vista Home & Personal Key, and Internet Explorer... lol! I hope this helps someone else too! And remember backup before you do any upgrading/downgrading/or destruction to you PC.
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http://www.winkeyfinder.com/download.php(Office 2003 , 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
http://www.technibble.com/license-crawler-find-product-keys-in-the-registry/License CrawlerV1.2 B98 (Office 2003, 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
http://www.sterjosoft.com/list/ - SterJo Software Key Finder. Confirmed to work on XP through Win8, Office XP/2002 through 2010
http://techblissonline.com/product-key-cd-keyserial-number-software-vista-xp/- License Crawler for Vista XP (Office 2003 , 2007 , 2010 , Win Vista )
Abelssoft MyKeyFinder - http://www.abelssoft.net/mykeyfinder.php - found all Office keys correctly
Product Key Explorerhttp://www.techrepublic.com/software/product-key-explorer-324-windows/32741939