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Title
How to deploy license key with silent install using registry files -
Description
Is it possible to deploy the license key using registry files when installing silently? -
Resolution
SOLUTION:
To install licenses on the target computers, do the following:
- Create a Questkey.reg text file to specify each license key.
- Send the file to the target PC and import it to the Registry there.
To create the Questkey.reg file:
Create the Questkey.reg file in a text editor. The following is a template:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{08439167-4CA5-48E9-A810-A3A7C0B80B06}]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{08439167-4CA5-48E9-A810-A3A7C0B80B06}\Local]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{08439167-4CA5-48E9-A810-A3A7C0B80B06}\Local\REPLACE_WITH_KEY]
"SiteMessage"="REPLACE_WITH_SITEMESSAGE"
"ProductName"="REPLACE_WITH_PRODUCTNAME"
"ProductVersion"="REPLACE_WITH_PRODUCTVERSION"Follow these steps to configure the file:
- Do not change the first two HKEY_CURRENT_USER lines. They are the key entries.
Replace the “REPLACE_WITH_(KEY | SITEMESSAGE | PRODUCTNAME | PRODUCTVERSION)" text with the relevant information supplied with your license.
Add any additional licenses as required in the same file by replicating the last four lines and then applying the correct information.
- Save the file.
To apply the file on the target computer
- Transfer the Questkey.reg file to the target PC.
Import the file to the Registry on the target PC with the following command in the Windows command prompt:
C:\> reg import Questkey.reg
When the user runs Toad and any product installed with Toad, the software validates the license and removes the entries from the Registry.
Toad (and any other product) is ready for use when the license is validated.
WORKAROUND:
It is also possible to get an existing ProductLicense.xml file with the desired key already populated and then place the file in the "C:\ProgramData\Quest Software" folder so that for any user logs onto the machine can launch Toad Data Point and have the key automatically populate the key upon the first launch of the tool. Click here for the KB more details.