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   Resident Goddess44
   Member

   On Aug 8 2011, the program Listary was offered to try.

   I downloaded and installed it that night. Then I ran the Activate.exe right after. Then program still did not say it was Pro, so I shut down my computer and restarted it. Then it said registered to GiveAwayOftheDay. I really did not look into using the program right away.

   Today I get down to the business of checking the website learning the program and setting the Options to finally use this program, and I notice it says, "Upgrade to Pro"???
   I tried the activate.exe again, as the install date would show it was Aug 8th, but I got a message saying something to the effect of, "this program is no longer offered, check our website for another GIVE AWAY".

   Can anyone assist me with this problem? The program was installed, and activated on the give away date. I recommend programs by word of mouth, and "come on over and try it"
   I'm not impressed with this so far and give it a thumb's down for unregistering itself!

   Posted 12 years ago #
2. 

   mikiem2
   Moderator

   I just went & checked real quick, & there is a definite difference in what you see in the about box once registered. You should be able to search for Listary in Regedit [type regedit in the Start Menu Run box], & the registration key is Very plain to see if Activate worked & nothing deleted it. If the key is there, then the problem is probably with the Listary installation -- if the key isn't there I'm not sure anything will help.

   If the key with registration is there, export the Listary key to a file, try reinstalling, running as admin in Vista/7, in Vista/7 set Listary.exe to run as admin in Properties -> compatibility, optionally merge that .reg file you just saved in case installation changed it, & give it a shot. You can also look for Listary's Config.xml in a Listary folder under User Application Data or ProgramData depending on Windows version & try deleting it.

   The portable version of Listory will not work with the registration code in the registry, & the regular version in win7 64 acts a bit flaky for me -- I think portions of it are sticking in memory among other things... you should Not have had to restart -- when you did you cleared memory.

   Posted 12 years ago #
3. 

   ChrisS
   Administrator

   If you've run a registry cleaner since the 8th, and saved the deletions to a file like you should have, then re-run the cleaner and add back all of the entries that you deleted.

   Otherwise, a number of people had trouble getting the program installed. From the comments, the recommended installation process was:
   run activate
   install the program
   close and then restart Listary

   Your installation process, which appears to be the "normal" process, varied significantly from the recommended procedure. While you saw the proper registration information the program may not have installed correctly. You're not going to be able to reinstall / re-activate the program as you're well past the 24-hour activation period. I'd delete the installation and install the free version if you want to evaluate it.

   Posted 12 years ago #
4. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   run activate
   install the program
   close and then restart Listary
   I did that not work retray not work disable fire wall not work make all users Administrator try on all & reboot retry no good temp is clean so give up.

   Posted 12 years ago #
5. 

   Resident Goddess44
   Member

   To Mikiem2, ChrisS, and Hodpodge3,

   Thanks for all you're good ideas.
   The Listary program and registration key were listed in the registry, however I could not enter the key into the program, because each time I did, I got a message the "reg key number was invalid". I had not run any cleaner, restore or anything since install.

   I did try exporting the Listary key to a file, reinstalling, running as admin in W7x64, and merging that reg file, which worked as you suggested Mikiem2, however the program seemed to be programed to reject the key unless installed on a certain date or maybe there's a time limit. I kept getting "reg key number was invalid".

   Each time I tried to run the Activate.exe, GOTD stopped me by saying "this program is no longer available".

   Finally I decided to send an email to the developer, explaining the situation. They wrote back immediately, and gave me a new and different key to enter, which works perfectly! ;).

   The Customer support at Listary is awesome, and the program is too.

   Much appreciated everyone!

   Posted 12 years ago #
6. 

   mikiem2
   Moderator

   I did try exporting the Listary key to a file, reinstalling, running as admin in W7x64, and merging that reg file, which worked as you suggested Mikiem2, however the program seemed to be programed to reject the key unless installed on a certain date or maybe there's a time limit. I kept getting "reg key number was invalid"... They wrote back immediately, and gave me a new and different key to enter, which works perfectly! ;).

   1st off Great!

   In case it helps anyone else, perhaps there's some sort of problem with the original key? As you've said, the key won't work if you enter it manually in the program -- that's why the round-about export merge suggestion -- but it's not a date restriction... I could get Listary to show registered that way, but later it showed un-registered & I had to do it again. I had to do that a few times actually [on different days] before I gave up.

   Posted 12 years ago #

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