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- Ms Visual Studio 2010 Express
- Ms Visual Studio 2010 Shell
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Key
- Visual Studio 2010 Activation Key
Buying a Visual Studio 2010 product key or extending the Visual Studio 2010 Trial Edition. To obtain a product key for Visual Studio 2010 you have three choices: 1. Use your MSDN Subscription and use MSDN Key. To find the link for your specific version of Visual Studio go to >Help>Register Product>Obtain a new Key Online.
I have used one license key and want to switch my configuration to use another key.
I tried to launched the uninstall wizard from 'Add/Remove Programs' in the Windows Control Panel. When I reinstalled, the license still work.
How can I modify my Visual Studio 2010 installation to use another key, and possibly without uninstalling and reinstalling?
Sorry for not clarifying it at the beginning. Actually, a valid key is not available to me for now. Is there a way to remove the original license completely and use VS as a trial version for days.
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2 Answers
Change the serial number after Visual Studio 2010 installation
Ms Visual Studio 2010 Express
Ms Visual Studio 2010 Shell
- Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features, locate and highlight Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate/Premium/Professional installation, and click on Uninstall/Change button.
- Upgrade Visual Studio 2010 Product Key for Activation
- A Visual Studio setup maintenance screen should be shown. After clicking Next button, an option to enter a valid serial number to upgrade product license is available.Share on Facebook Tweet this Share Product keys, software licenses, serial numbers — they all seem to disappear completely when you need them most. It’s not a far-fetched scenario by any means, and finding the missing info will definitely take up a chunk of your time, primarily in the form of dealing with customer service for longer than you would like. The best part? Network magic serial key generator. Perhaps you need to reinstall a program, or worse,, but can’t locate the original case, manual, or that ancient email you deleted more than a year ago. Fortunately, there are scores of product key finders that will scan your system and compile an extensive report of any keys they find.
- Enter the upgrade key accordingly, and click on Activate button. No re-installation required.
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Key
There is a way to edit the product key in a file called
Setup.SDB
. It should be located in Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENUSetup.SDB
Edit this file in a notepad and search for
Product key
. You can then update the product key. Visual Studio 2010 Activation Key
I actually repaired the installation after this change just to make sure everything was working. This was tested on
VS2008
and VS2010
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