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08-05-2016, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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"License Key Window" Keeps Popping Up
Just curious...I purchased the personal ($60) version of Reaper a couple years ago but I still get a window that pops up when I start Reaper asking for a license key. It doesn't cause any problems and I've pretty much ignored it but I thought maybe I'd better ask about it. Reaper and the forum have been so good to me and I know it runs partially on donations and I want to do my part. But I was just wondering, is the $60 fee a one time thing or is it $60 per year? Thank you.
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08-05-2016, 02:38 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near Cambridge UK and Near Questembert, France
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It is good for 2 full versions. So if you bought at version 4.xx you are good to go up to 6.
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08-05-2016, 08:33 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 9,090
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Did you ever import it into Reaper? Just buying it doesn't magically authorize it.
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08-05-2016, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
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And Reaper doesn't run on donations, we buy the software like any other software.
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08-05-2016, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by noitall
...is the $60 fee a one time thing or is it $60 per year? Thank you.
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http://www.reaper.fm/purchase.php
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08-06-2016, 03:04 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 245
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richie43
Did you ever import it into Reaper? Just buying it doesn't magically authorize it.
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I paid the $60 and downloaded it. So, I still need to import the license? It's no big deal to me, I just want to do everything correctly.
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08-06-2016, 03:37 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 253
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Quote:
Originally Posted by noitall
I paid the $60 and downloaded it. So, I still need to import the license? It's no big deal to me, I just want to do everything correctly.
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The license key for Reaper is a long text file. It begins at the top left with the words (it includes the colon too.)...
:REAPER LICENSE
followed by several lines of code then
:END
Put that entire key, from the : to the D at the end of the word "END" into a .txt file, and save it as REAPER LICENSE.txt
It's odd, but the instruction manual does not say where to save the license. I saved it in the same folder as the one in which I saved Reaper and its manual. As I recall, Reaper searched for and found the license. It did so with both Windows and Mac.
:- Don
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08-06-2016, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sweden.
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Just select the text described above from the mail you got and copy it. When you get to the license window Reaper will figure out you have a license key copied in the text clipboard buffer and ask if you want to use it. IIRC.
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08-06-2016, 05:09 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 9,090
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Or from that pop-up in Reaper, navigate to where it is downloaded by clicking on the import button, The license is an "rk" file, no need to re-save it as txt if you use the method I just described. Then save that rk file somewhere for future needs (I have mine on Dropbox so I can access it anywhere)
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08-06-2016, 05:11 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Posts: 534
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richie43
I have mine on Dropbox so I can access it anywhere)
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^ This ^
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08-06-2016, 06:36 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 245
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Got it. Thanks everyone for your help.
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08-06-2016, 08:36 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 9,090
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Cause for celebration! It's totally normal for seemingly "simple" things to elude us sometimes...... We ARE artists, after all....
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08-07-2016, 07:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Germany
Posts: 1,015
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@noitall: good you got it!
Quote:
Originally Posted by richie43
...The license is an "rk" file, no need to re-save it as txt if you use the method I just described...
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Afaik, just drag and drop the "rk" file into open reaper works as well...at least I did that with an additional portable installed Reaper I have on a second HD.
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08-07-2016, 08:11 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near Cambridge UK and Near Questembert, France
Posts: 22,754
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richie43
(I have mine on Dropbox so I can access it anywhere)
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What a good idea - so long as dropbox doesnt randomly drop your space entitlement like google, copy and Microsoft have!
Up until that all started happening, I was getting used to the idea of cloud storgae actually being fairly secure!
Nowadays ALL my storage backups etc are on disk drives that I control.
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08-07-2016, 11:42 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sweden.
Posts: 1,610
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivansc
What a good idea - so long as dropbox doesnt randomly drop your space entitlement like google, copy and Microsoft have!
Up until that all started happening, I was getting used to the idea of cloud storgae actually being fairly secure!
Nowadays ALL my storage backups etc are on disk drives that I control.
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It's secure if you pay the measly two dollars every month.
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