Finding back license keys on Windows
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/05/01
Every now and then, I tend to misplace software license keys so they are only on the system I’ve installed it on.
Too bad, virus scanners (including the built in Windows one) tend to get more picky on which of the below tools get automatically deleted, so I’ve listed quite a few of them, including some posts with more links:
- [WayBack] license key – Finding the Windows 7 product key – Super User
- [WayBack] windows – How do I retrieve a product key from another hard drive? – Super User
- [WayBack] ProduKey – Recover lost product key (CD-Key) of Windows/MS-Office/SQL Server
- [WayBack] How to get MS Office product key – PowerShell General – Ask the Experts – IDERA Community
- Getting Microsoft Product Keys back from the registry (via StackOverflow and various other sources) « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff
Note some of the PowerShell scripts fail on some of the installations I tried. Not sure why yet.
–jeroen
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