- Open registry editor (type 'regedit' at Run command, clicks OK button, and select 'Yes' if you have UAC confirmation).
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion (or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Note\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion on Widows x64).
- Change 2 string values RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization as you expected (create them if they don't exist).
- Restart Windows and open Visual Studio, you will see new registration info.
After doing above steps, if you still see old registration info, please add these steps:
For Visual Studio 2010:
- Delete vs000223.dat from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\. It's splash screen for Visual Studio 2010.
- Run Visual Studio 2010, now you should see a blank splash, there is no registration info, don't be worry.
- Close Visual Studio 2010, then open it again. Now you should see new registration info.
For Visual Studio 2008:
- Delete vs000223.dat from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0. It's splash image for Visual Studio 2008. Now if you run Visual Studio 2008, you will see a strange splash 'Visual Studio code name 'Orcas'.
- Run 'devenv /setup' from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ (or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ on Windows x64).
- Open Visual Studio 2008, now you should see new registration info.
Enjoy your Visual Studio with your own registration info.
Note: The directory paths here are on Windows 7, so if you use XP or Vista, they're maybe different.
12 comments:
Worked a treat - VS2010 W7 x64
Thanks
Thanks,
Worked like a charm
Works for changing the registered organization, but has no effect upon registered user... Win7/64.
Excellent! (For XP you might have to go to /Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Microsoft/VisualStudio/10.0 . Otherwise search for the vs000223.dat file.) Thanks for such a great tip!
I had the same problem as above where this changed the registered organization but no effect on the registered owner.
To change the registered owner I had to change the registry field:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Registration\UserName
Or for 32 bit system:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Registration\UserName
I found this information at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsnetsetup/archive/2010/05/11/the-visual-studio-2010-help-about-dialog-box-and-the-splash-screen-shows-registered-username-and-registered-organization-as-microsoft.aspx
--Steve
Thanks you sir!
FYI, using the devenv /setup path works for VS2010 btw, u won't need to delete that file. but make sure u run it as administrator if on vista or 7. works on both 64 and 32
-ReArmedHalo
Thanx Man, worked for me.
It works, thanks
Thanks for sharing! Just found out that the instruction for VS2008 also works for VS2005. :)
Thanks! I didn't know about file to delete, is the step that I was missing.
This worked for me - for registered owner:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Registration\UserName
for company name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Registration\3000.0x0000\UserName
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