VS community 2013, prerelease, license expired.

Question

I installed Visual studio community 2013 two times with the official release links with update 5 etc. and its still saying prerelease and license expired so I cant even enter the program. I am very frustrated by this, since I lost one week of work trying to find the solution. I dont know if theres a link but theres an error when I install VS community 2015. I dont need it tough, the problem is 2013 wich should be free is not for me.

Answer 1

Btw I tried to signal the bug, but it says I am not allowed with this version.

Answer 2

Hi Skimphy,

As this is more related to Visual Studio Licensing, I would suggest that you can call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist, and you can get more detail information from there. You can also visit the following site for more information and support on licensing issues: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/mplahome.mspx."

And also please check the below links which might help you:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dorischen/archive/2014/11/12/q-amp-a-on-visual-studio-community-2013-and-2015-preview.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/quick_thoughts/archive/2014/11/12/visual-studio-community-2013-free.aspx

Regards,
Sunil.HP

Answer 3

Theres no point, visual studio community is free.. and the blogs are so random from my question. This is a bug, not a licensing problem..

Answer 4

Hi Skimphy,

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Please check the below thread which contains the discussions related to same issue. And I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in the thread.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/2953b6ee-134f-4358-81a9-8f3680470343/visual-studio-community-2015-license-prerelease-software-this-license-has-expired?forum=vssetup

Hope it helps.

Regards,
Sunil.HP