An application does not need to have any registry entry. In fact, many applications do not need to be installed at all. U3 USB sticks are a good example; the programs on them just run from the file system. As noted, most good applications can be found via their uninstall registry key though.
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I have a friend who needs to reinstall windows, but he can't find his VS2008 activation code/product key. Is there a way to look up which product key he entered when he last installed VS2008 in the registry? Any other method of finding the key is also welcome.
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For 32 bit Windows:
Visual Studio 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio7.0RegistrationPIDKEY
Visual Studio 2005: Serial key generator for games free download.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0RegistrationPIDKEY
Visual Studio 2008:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio9.0RegistrationPIDKEY
For 64 bit Windows:
Visual Studio 2003:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftVisualStudio7.0RegistrationPIDKEY
Visual Studio 2005:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0RegistrationPIDKEY
Visual Studio 2008:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftVisualStudio9.0RegistrationPIDKEY
Notes:
- Data is a GUID without dashes. Put a dash ( – ) after every 5 characters to convert to product key.
- If PIDKEY value is empty try to look at the subfolders e.g...Registration1000.0x0000PIDKEYor..Registration2000.0x0000PIDKEY
I found the product key for Visual Studio 2008 Professional under a slightly different key:
it was listed without the dashes as stated above.
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For Visual Studio 2005:
If you do have an installed Visual Studio 2005 however, and want to find out the serial number you’ve used to install it because you don’t have a clue where you put that shiny sticker, you can. It is, like most things in Windows, in the registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0RegistrationPIDKEY
In order to convert the value in that key to an actual serial number you have to put a dash ( – ) after evert 5 characters of the code.
From: http://www.gooli.org/blog/visual-studio-2005-serial-number/
For Visual Studio 2008 it's supposed to be:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio9.0RegistrationPIDKEY
However I noted that the the Data field for PIDKEY is only filled in the
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