Recover Keys Knowledge center

General help

• Frequently asked questions?
• Version comparison
• Lost license key to Recover Keys?
• Registration and activation
  • How to register?
  • How to activate?
  • Refund policy
  • How to upgrade to upper-license?
• License policy
• Download older versions
• How to uninstall Recover Keys

Working with Recover Keys

• Quick Searching for License Keys
• Remote scanning
• Printing / Saving the License info
• Changing Product License Key
• Deep-scan mode
• Shot-gun mode scan usage
• How to scan another HDD / Windows?
• Hot-keys
• Command-line and portable versions
  • Command-line version usage
  • Where is CMD version located?
  • How to use portable USB version?

Release notes / what's new

• Version 12.0 release notes
• Version 11.0 release notes
• Version 10.0 release notes
• Version 9.0 release notes
• Version 8.0 release notes
• Version 7.0 release notes
• Version 6.0 release notes

Program interface

• Main Window Overview
• Main Window Toolbar
• Product Key Databases
• Cloud Databases
• Dialog boxes
  • Options
• Context menus
  • Context menu / Product list

HOW-TOs and Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting
  • Pre-installed OEM version of Windows
  • Will it show VLK / MAK keys?
  • Will Recover Keys show Office 2013/2016/2019 product keys?
  • Devil's own ProductID
• How-tos
  • How to scan Acronis backup (*.TIB)
  • Recover lost Microsoft Windows product key
  • Recover Microsoft Office product key
  • Recover lost Adobe Photoshop product keys

Remote scan help

• Network scan method
• Requirements on remote PC
• Requirements on remote Mac OSX
• How to scan remote Mac OSX
• Troubleshooting
  • How to Disable UAC restrictions?
  • How to turn on File&printer sharing in Windows Firewall
  • How to start Remote Registry service
  • How to set sharing and security model for local accounts to Classic
  • How to turn on network discovery and file sharing
• Common errors
  • Access Denied error
  • The interface is unknown error
  • Logon failure error
  • Network path not found error
  • Multiple connections... error