Portable ProduKey Changelog

What's new in Portable ProduKey 1.97

Apr 18, 2021
  • Added /cfg command-line option to start ProduKey with the specified config file.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.96 (Apr 3, 2021)

  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.95 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • Added new option: Extract Partial Key With WMI. If you turn on this option, ProduKey will extract the last 5 characters of the product key from SoftwareLicensingProduct class, using WMI.
  • This option also works on a remote machine, as long as you have permission to access WMI on the remote machine.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.93 (Jun 12, 2018)

  • Added 'Office Product Name Extraction Mode' option, which controls the way that the product name of MS-Office is extarcted from the Registry:
  • 'Prefer the product name from Uninstall Registry key' - ProduKey tries to extract the product name from the Uninstall Registry entry, like it did until version 1.85
  • 'Prefer the product name from Office Registry key' - ProduKey first tries to extract the product name from 'ProductNameNonQualified' and 'ConvertToEdition' Registry values, like it did starting from version 1.86

New in Portable ProduKey 1.92 (Feb 1, 2018)

  • Added 'Build Number' column (For Windows entries only).

New in Portable ProduKey 1.91 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • When loading product keys from remote computer or external drive, the name of the computer or external path is now displayed in the window title.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.90 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • When the 'Temporarily start the remote registry service on the remote computer' option is turned on, ProduKey now starts the Remote Registry service even if it's disabled.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.88 (Jan 23, 2017)

  • Added 'Save All Items' option.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.87 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • Fixed to display Office version if the product name is not stored in the Registry.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.86 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name of Microsoft Office taken from another Registry key.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.85 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns On Load' option.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.83 (Jan 27, 2016)

  • Added support for SQL Server 2012/2014

New in Portable ProduKey 1.82 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11), which is needed to get a product key from external drive on Windows Vista and later

New in Portable ProduKey 1.81 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • You can now export the product keys list to JSON file.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.80 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Added option to temporarily start the remote registry service on the remote computer (For reading the product keys from the Registry on the remote computer).

New in Portable ProduKey 1.75 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Added support for some Adobe and Autodesk products.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.70 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • Added support for BIOS OEM Key (Windows 8).

New in Portable ProduKey 1.67 (Aug 21, 2014)

  • The DefaultProductKey Registry key support added on v1.61 is now turned off by default (You can turn it on with 'Load Default Product Key' option).

New in Portable ProduKey 1.66 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • Added /NoErrorMessage command-line option. If you specify it with a save command-line option, an error message won't be displayed if the save action is failed. Instead, the error code will be returned to the caller.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.65 (Aug 29, 2013)

  • Added support for Visual Studio

New in Portable ProduKey 1.62 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Fixed bug from v1.61: ProduKey crashed in some systems.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.61 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • ProduKey now tries to extract the key from DefaultProductKey Registry key if the product key cannot be found in the standard location of Windows 7 product key.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.60 (May 24, 2013)

  • Added support for SQL Server 2008.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.56 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug with the 'N' character location on the product key of Windows 8.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.55 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Fixed ProduKey to decode properly the product key of Windows 8.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.54 (Aug 17, 2012)

  • Fixed issue: The properties and 'Select Source' windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.53 (Aug 3, 2011)

  • Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name string for Exchange Server 2003.

New in Portable ProduKey 1.52 (Jun 13, 2011)

  • Decreased the height of the 'Select Source' window to fit the netbook screen size of 1024x600.