Searching for lost product keysĪfter the required options are set, proceed to the final step and clicking the '>' button to start the program searching for lost serial keys. If you need to recover serials for a certain user, just set the appropriate option and additionally select the user from the 'User profile directory' list. All you need to do is select one from the drop-down list or show an alternative path otherwise. The program will attempt to detect these folders automatically. Usually, the profiles folder is on the same drive where the Windows directory is located, not always though. For Windows Vista and higher OSs, it is usually 'C:\Users' while Windows XP uses the 'C:\Documents and Settings' folder. That is the directory where all local user accounts are physically stored. For example, 'D:/Windows', 'E:/Win', etc. Note, the drive letter, as well as the Windows folder, may be different. SOFTWARE registry file that is located at the following directory: 'C:/Windows/System32/Config'.Recovering keys for all user accounts needs at least two parameters to be set properly: Setting search optionsįirst, indicate to the program whether you need to recover serial keys for all local users or for a selected account only. Using a built-in script language, the program can recover serial keys for more than 1,000 software products. Luckily, a large proportion of computer programs store their product keys in the Windows registry and thus can easily be extracted. Without the keys, you cannot reinstall the software. And after reinstalling, you will find out that you need to reinstall most of your software and supply it with serial codes that you no longer have access to. There might be a lot of reasons why you want to do so, from updating to getting rid of viruses, fixing a problem, etc. Just imagine that one day you need to reinstall your operating system. By losing this key, you will no longer have access to your own software unless you get the key back.
Using this feature, you can easily recover lost product keys and serial numbers, even if the target system is not bootable any longer.Īlmost all commercial programs for Windows come with a serial key that binds the program to your PC and makes the software legal or fully featured.
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