Beta 11 Not liking wincmd.key

[phedlund]

I am having trouble with Beta 11 accepting my wincmd.key file.
I get the unregistered screen.
I took this key from my 8.01 directory and simply copied it to the B11 directory.
Do i need to get a new key?

[phedlund]

Beta 9 liked the wincmd.key file

[white]

I am having trouble with Beta 11 accepting my wincmd.key file.
I get the unregistered screen.

What does the screen say exactly?

[phedlund]

This is the screen i get when i start with my wincmd.key
[img]i:\portableApps\hypersnap 7\snap3.png[/img]

Total Commander version 8.50B11
This program is Shareware .....


This dialog box will not appear in the registered version.
< Program information > < Registration info >
Please Press button Nr 3 to start the program!
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

[white]

OK. That seems to be the normal nag screen. It seems your wincmd.key file is not recognized. Please wait for Mr. Ghisler to respond or send him an email.

[karlchen]

Hello, Phedlund.

Launch T.c. 8.50ß11.
Verify one more time that wincmd.key is in the programme folder of T.C. 8.50ß11.
Check which wincmd.ini T.C. 8.50ß11 uses. Help => About.
Open this wincmd.ini and search for occurences of the parameter KEYPATH.
If KEYPATH is not specified in wincmd.ini, the default path applies: %COMMANDER_PATH%. I.e. T.C. will look for wincmd.key in its own programme folder.
If KEYPATH is specified it should point to a readable folder where wincmd.key exists.
Check this, please, and report back.

Kind regards,
Karl
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[phedlund]

I have copied the wincmd.key file again.
The about box points to the wincmd.ini file that i edited
There was NO KEYPATH variable defined so i created it and its value is %commander_path%.

The Program still comes up as unregistered.

I will try to re-install b11 next.

[phedlund]

Found IT
Totalcmd.exe was corrupt
(installed B11 to a new directory and compared file by file.

thanks for the help.

[karlchen]

Totalcmd.exe was corrupt

Hm. And I was convinced that Total Commander performed a self check that should detect such things and refuse to run at all.

Anyway, glad you solved your problem.

Karl

[phedlund]

There were a total of 9 bytes that were bad but it was enough and in the right spot to not like my license file. Computers, can't live with them, can earn a living with them.