


This time repair should be visible.Ĭlick Repair and let it update your installation and apply its embedded license key. Run the ISO (or vs_professional.exe) again.

I did this by "installing" at least one feature, even though I think I already had all features (they were not detected).

If it has a repair button like the image below, you can skip to step 4. In my case it was Įdit the BundleVersion value and change it to a lower version. If you don't get this error, skip to step 3Ĭlick the link for 'examine the log file' and look near the bottom of the log, for this line: If you get the error below, you need to update the Windows Registry to trick the installer into thinking you still have the base version. I solved this, without having to completely reinstall Visual Studio 2013.įor those who may come across this in the future, the following steps worked for me: Likely because of the Visual Studio 2013 Update 1 and 2Īgain, I would really like to avoid the multi-hour process of reinstalling VS 2013. The product version that you are trying to set up is earlier than the version already installed on this computer. Tried doing an install/repair from the ISO but it says: Looking inside SW_DVD5_Visual_Studio_Pro_2013_English_MLF_X19-20996.ISO but I see no mention of a License or Product Key.Ĭhecking their Help > Register Product in Visual Studio, which simply says One install had one, which my install said was invalid when attempting to use it. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Registration\2000.0x0000\PIDKEY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Licenses\* Here is what I have tried (with 2 coworker installations): iso or from other coworkers desktops that did a clean install? Is this possible? Is there a way to extract the license/product key from the. I want to avoid having to uninstall Visual Studio 2013 only to reinstall Visual Studio 2013 and re-setup all my settings. iso file with the license or product key embedded in some way. They completed the purchase of 4 licenses (64 bit), but were not given Product Keys. I installed Visual Studio 2013 Professional as a Trial version while waiting for my company to complete the license purchase.
