Visual Studio Key

Question

Dear all,

When i was a student, i am a member of MSDN AA program, so I could request a free VS2010 with the license key. After graduation, I lost my key; however, my laptop still have the installed VS2010. How can I take back that key from the installation folder  or installed files ?

 

Thank you

Answer 1

Please post your question in the appropriate forum

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressinstall/threads

 

Solution :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/529064/visual-studio-2008-product-key-in-registry

For 32 bit Windows:

Visual Studio 2003:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0\Registration\PIDKEY

Visual Studio 2005:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Registration\PIDKEY

Visual Studio 2008:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Registration\PIDKEY

 

For 64 bit Windows:

Visual Studio 2003:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0\Registration\PIDKEY

Visual Studio 2005:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Registration\PIDKEY

Visual Studio 2008:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Registration\PIDKEY

 

Notes:

• Data is a GUID without dashes. Put a dash ( – ) after every 5 characters to convert to product key.

• If PIDKEY value is empty try to look at the subfolders e.g.

  ...\Registration\1000.0x0000\PIDKEY

  or

  ...\Registration\2000.0x0000\PIDKEY

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Please mark those posts as answer which answers your question. Faraz

Answer 2

Hi Faraz,

Thank for you quick reply. I will test it when i back home

 

Regards