Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v2.0.5 README September 2nd, 2008 http://sourceforge.net/projects/keyfinder/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Product Overview ---------------- The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key used to install windows from your registry or from an unbootable Windows installation. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. It has options to save the keys to a text file, or print them out. How To Extract -------------- Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch the program by double-clicking on keyfinder.exe. Known Issues ------------ - If you bought your new PC preinstalled with Windows, you may find the CD Key that appears in keyfinder is different from the CD Key on your Windows Certificate of Authenticity. This issue can happen with the branded PC's mostly (Dell, HP, IBM, Acer etc.). COA samples are at http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/windows/ - In older versions of Office (Office 2000 and below), the 'Product Key' value is not available. Command Line Parameters ----------------------- Syntax: ------- keyfinder.exe [/close] [/file] [/hive {path}] or keyfinder.exe [/close] [/hive] [/savecsv {filename}] Parameters: ----------- /close No GUI displayed. /hive <path> Load product key information from another operating system on the same computer. The <path> specifies the software registry file usually located under c:\windows\system32\config This feature is only supported on Windows 2000 and XP. /file You can also combine the above command-line options with the following save options in order to save product key information to a file: /delim <character> Many countries use a ?,? and not a ?.? as decimal separator. This means they can't use ?,? as field separator, and they use another character instead. /savecsv <Filename> Save the list of product keys into a comma-delimited text file. The switches are NOT case sensitive Examples: keyfinder.exe /savecsv c:\temp\computers.txt /delim ; keyfinder.exe /hive "F:\WINNT\system32\config\software" System Requirements ------------------- keyfinder works on all 32-bit versions of Windows. However, some features, like viewing the product keys of another operating system instance, are only supported on Windows 2000 and XP. Reporting Bugs -------------- If you experience something you believe is a bug, please fill out the online form at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=222327 Do not assume someone else will report it. Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. Iinclude the following information: - Version of keyfinder (as shown in the About dialog) - Operating system and version
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