Larry Weinstein Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 I am a registered user. My hard disk is in the process of crashing. I will be getting a new computer next week. Can anyone tell me the name of the registration key file?? I may be able to find it but I need to know what it is called and possibly where on the hard drive it might be stored..Thanks in advance...Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 where is the reg key you were sent in email ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Weinstein Posted October 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 Not sure exactly where it is..That is why I was asking for the file name of the registration key so I may try to find it...Trying to do it myself rather than asking for another key...When they email it to you, is there only one file name they use??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Larry,As to the exact name of the KEY file ... I believe this has changed.PTE.KEY use to be the normal name and extention used. However, with all the mail attachment config restrictions people are setting ... alot of users are blocking and not receiving their keys as in the past.A sure fire location is your REGISTRY. Open Regedit.exe search for this key name :[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTE]"Key"="#*************"Once you find this location ... just export this key value as a filename to your desktop or someplace ... then copy it to disc for later use. All you have to do then is dbl click it to re register PTE when the time comes.Of course your actual key digits will vary than the example shown above ("#*************"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Weinstein Posted October 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Thank you so very much...I will do this now and see if I can find the file...I am on my old computer at home..Maybe I can find it here...The HD on my biz computer is going going almost gone so I may not get a chance to do thisThanks again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 There should be a ZIP file PTEReg. Go for it and good luck.Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 As to the exact name of the KEY file ... I believe this has changed.PTE.KEY use to be the normal name and extention used. Stu,You are correct- it is still PTE.KEY. And to be sure it is the right one, it should be 231 bytes in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think(box) Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Larry, in case you haven't yet successfully captured the PTE key from the Windows registry as described, I have a utility PTEkey.exe that can capture the key and save it for you, as long as the key data has not been lost on the failing hard drive.I will send email to you through your forum Email button. Please reply with your return email address and then I'll send the utility to you directly. Just run PTEkey.exe and it will recreate the 231 byte pte.txt key file in the same folder where the PTEkey.exe utility is located. You can then save the pte.txt key file to a CD-R disc or other safe storage medium.PTEkey.exe will read the PTE key from the Windows registry official storage location and write out the exact syntax as WnSoft mailed the key to you in a file created with pte.txt file name. This matches the key file name that WnSoft has used for key attachments.For anyone who has lost their key file, PTEkey.exe will recreate it for you so that you can safely store it. Just send email to me from the button below and request the PTEkey.exe utility. This utility will not generate a key from thin air to make an unregistered copy of PTE work. You must have a working, registered version of PTE on your system for a key to exist in the Windows registry storage location and thus, for this utility to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Bill,Great idea ... and a great tool asset to help users who have lost copies of their PTE keys ! Sounds to be simple, quick and painless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxig Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Great idea ... and a great tool Agree. A must for all members. Sure one day everyone will need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
support Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Dear Larry, If you can wait till Monday, I can send you a new key. All you have to do for it is to write me your email address(which you used in registration) and order ID.It's a pity, I can't send you the key today. Sorry for this "weekend inconvenience". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think(box) Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Good point Inna. It is wise to save the order number on paper in addition to the key file when someone makes a backup of PTE registration info. The order number alone provides a way to get the key file in the event of a hard drive crash and the key file was not saved elsewhere. The order number on paper should be more difficult to lose. While the key may be storable on paper, I wouldn't even attempt to transcribe it. And WnSoft's order number based key retrieval makes transcription unnecessary. I hope that you can also just do a search by customer name and location or email address as a last resort when all else was lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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