What's new in ProduKey 1.97
Apr 18, 2021
- Added /cfg command-line option to start ProduKey with the specified config file.
New in ProduKey 1.96 (Apr 3, 2021)
- Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
New in 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 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 ProduKey 1.92 (Feb 1, 2018)
- Added 'Build Number' column (For Windows entries only).
New in 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 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 ProduKey 1.88 (Jan 23, 2017)
- Added 'Save All Items' option.
New in ProduKey 1.87 (Nov 1, 2016)
- Fixed to display Office version if the product name is not stored in the Registry.
New in ProduKey 1.86 (Oct 24, 2016)
- Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name of Microsoft Office taken from another Registry key.
New in ProduKey 1.85 (Jun 23, 2016)
- Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option
- Added 'Auto Size Columns On Load' option
New in ProduKey 1.83 (Jan 27, 2016)
- Added support for SQL Server 2012/2014
New in 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 ProduKey 1.81 (Nov 2, 2015)
- You can now export the product keys list to JSON file.
New in 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 ProduKey 1.75 (Jun 26, 2015)
- Added support for some Adobe and Autodesk products.
New in ProduKey 1.70 (Dec 8, 2014)
- Added support for BIOS OEM Key (Windows 8).
New in 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 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 ProduKey 1.65 (Aug 29, 2013)
- Added support for Visual Studio
New in ProduKey 1.62 (Aug 2, 2013)
- Fixed bug from v1.61: ProduKey crashed in some systems.
New in 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 ProduKey 1.60 (May 24, 2013)
- Added support for SQL Server 2008.
New in ProduKey 1.56 (Apr 18, 2013)
- Fixed a bug with the 'N' character location on the product key of Windows 8
New in ProduKey 1.55 (Apr 17, 2013)
- Fixed ProduKey to decode properly the product key of Windows 8.
New in ProduKey 1.54 (Aug 16, 2012)
- Fixed issue: The properties and 'Select Source' windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.
New in ProduKey 1.53 (Aug 3, 2011)
- Fixed bug: ProduKey displayed wrong product name string for Exchange Server 2003.
New in ProduKey 1.52 (Jun 13, 2011)
- Decreased the height of the 'Select Source' window to fit the netbook screen size of 1024x600.
New in ProduKey 1.51 (May 12, 2011)
- Added 'Show Time In GMT' option.
- Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
New in ProduKey 1.50 (May 12, 2011)
- Added 'Show Time In GMT' option.
- Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
New in ProduKey 1.50 (Mar 6, 2011)
- Added 'Show the computer name for every IP address' option. This option is useful when you scan a range of IP addresses, and you want to view the computer name of every IP address. Be aware that the computer names will appear a few seconds after finishing to scan the product keys.
New in ProduKey 1.46 (Jan 24, 2011)
- Added accelerator keys for 'Copy Product ID' (Ctrl+I) and for 'Copy Product Key' (Ctrl+K).
New in ProduKey 1.45 (Aug 23, 2010)
- Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
New in ProduKey 1.43 (Aug 9, 2010)
- When the product key is not stored in the Registry (like in volume licenses of Windows 7), ProduKey will now display 'Product key was not found' instead of wrong 'BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB' key
New in ProduKey 1.42 (Jun 29, 2010)
- Added 'Copy Product ID' and 'Copy Product Key' options.
New in ProduKey 1.41 (Jun 7, 2010)
- Added /ExtractEdition command-line option.
New in ProduKey 1.40 (Nov 21, 2009)
- Fixed ProduKey to display the right product key of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta (Office 14)
New in ProduKey 1.38 (Oct 1, 2009)
- Added sorting options from command-line.
New in ProduKey 1.37 (Sep 9, 2009)
- Fixed issue with x64 systems - The 32-bit version of ProduKey can now also retrieve the product key when you run it on x64 system.
New in ProduKey 1.36 (Aug 12, 2009)
- Added command-line options to control which types of product keys will be shown. (/WindowsKeys, /OfficeKeys, and others)
New in ProduKey 1.35 (Nov 19, 2008)
- New option: Load the product keys of external Windows installations from all disks currently plugged to your computer. When using this option, ProduKey automatically scan all your hard-drives, find the Windows installation folder in them, and extract all product keys stored in these Windows installations.
- New Command-Line Option: /external
New in ProduKey 1.33 (Oct 20, 2008)
- Fixed bug: In 'Select Source' dialog-box, a disk drive error message displayed in some computers.
- Added AutoComplete to Windows directoried combo-box
New in ProduKey 1.32 (Sep 5, 2008)
- You can now send the information to stdout by specifying an empty filename ("") in the command-line. (For example: produkey.exe /stab "" >> c: empprd.txt)
New in ProduKey 1.31 (Aug 21, 2008)
- Added the last modified time of the ProductID Registry key.
New in ProduKey 1.30 (May 21, 2008)
- New option: display the edition (Standard/Professional/Enterprise) of Windows 2000/XP/2003. (doesn't work for remote computers)
- Added AutoComplete for file selection.
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to ProduKey.
New in ProduKey 1.26 (May 20, 2008)
- New option: display the edition (Standard/Professional/Enterprise) of Windows 2000/XP/2003. (doesn't work for remote computers)
- Added AutoComplete for file selection.
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to ProduKey.
New in ProduKey 1.26 (Mar 10, 2008)
- Added support for saving comma-delimited (.csv) files.
- Added new command-line option: /scomma
New in ProduKey 1.25 (Feb 22, 2008)
- Added new source option: Load the product keys from all computers in the specified IP addresses range.
- New command-line option: /iprange
- New option: Check every remote machine with ping before trying to connect. (Only for Windows 2000 or above)
New in ProduKey 1.20 (Feb 8, 2008)
- Added 'Select Source' (F9) option - user interface for loading the product keys from remote computers or from external drive
New in ProduKey 1.15 (Jan 21, 2008)
- Added 'Service Pack' column (Only for Windows entries)
- Added 'Installation Folder' column (Only for Windows and Office entries)
New in ProduKey 1.10 (Dec 8, 2007)
- Added filters by product type.
New in ProduKey 1.08 (Nov 6, 2007)
- The configuration of ProduKey is now saved to a file instead of the Registry
New in ProduKey 1.07 (Aug 13, 2007)
- Added support for product key of Ms-Office under x64, when it's retrieved from external Registry file.
- Added x64 build - for locally retrieving product keys of x64 versions of Windows.