Nice... The pop-ups are color-coded.
Red="A catastophic error has occured and the world will end soon...", Orange ="Hey, are you sure?", Green -"Just in case you didn't know..." etc
Thnx M.
That edition is not supported somehow... will need to look into that!
I am getting the same nullptr error with the latest release and wanted to submit an error report, but good thing I checked first because the exact same issue has already been reported by someone with no response. So I googled to find this forum thread and thought maybe I can remind the developer to check his GitHub repo's issue list whenever he has time. Thanks to him BTW for an otherwise nice utility.
@RobertJ and @Edwin
OK guys, thanx for the feedback - I will need your keys though, to analyze/debug the cause of that error... or you can invite me over to your place and I can do it there?
Unfortunately the Win10 Home machine whose OEM Edition is not supported is not mine, but I'll certainly ask the owner and if I get their consent I'll PM you the key. Meanwhile could you at least add some error checking so that instead of users seeing an ugly nullptr error they are shown a message like "Edition not supported, please contact the developer" instead?
Will do.. Thanx.
I replied to the issues on Github as well .. there are few things in this build that need revisiting.
BTW... I thought initially it may be due to an old Windows 8.0 config. that is no longer supported - but if Windows 10 upgraded with it, then it is valid.
Will have to get an old Win 8 iso to check.
Hello,
Please forgive me if this has been addressed, but is there any way Showkey can find the Windows 8.1 Pro retail key I used to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro if the OS drive on said computer was wiped after upgrade and then Windows 10 was clean reinstalled on it after the upgrade? I ran Showkey on all 3 of my PC's upgraded in this manner and it only shows the generic installed key, not the original key on any of them.
(My family has three such PC's and I can't remember which of the three Windows 8.1 Pro licenses goes with each computer).
OK. I still have all three keys, just wondering if there was a way to tell which belonged to which.
Thanks for the replies.
If the systems came with Windows 8 or 8.1 pre-installed and there is no COA sticker (i.e. the keys are embedded in the BIOS/UEFI), I believe it should be possible to retrieve the keys from the firmware.
@Superfly: In fact I'm surprised ShowKeyPlus doesn't do this, unless I'm missing something? Why should a clean install of Windows 10 affect OEM:DM key retrieval from the firmware?
BTW, is there a way to make Win7 key lookup faster? Currently it takes a really long time, and the program remains stuck at "Retrieving edition..." with no indication whether it's hung or still working. If the lookup can't be sped up then perhaps a progress bar can be added?
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