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Error - 'Licence.dat does not contain a valid product key' when logging into FocalPoint Administrator

Updated over a month ago

This is usually caused by one computer having had the licence updated, but then that new licence file hasn't been copied around to everyone else's computer.
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If there is an installation on another PC that is working, the license.dat file can be copied from the working installation.
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To do this:

  1. On the computer with the working version, browse to: C:\Users\logged in users name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Access Applications\FocalPoint Administrator.

  2. If there is a file called license.dat here, skip to step 4.

  3. If the location in step 1 does not exist, or there is no license.dat file there, then browse to the installation location, most commonly C:\Program Files (x86)\Access Applications\FocalPoint Administrator.

  4. Copy the licence.dat file to a network location or memory stick.

  5. On the computer with FocalPoint Administrator installed without the licence(s), paste the license.dat file into the new installation location, most commonly C:\Program Files (x86)\Access Applications\FocalPoint Administrator

  6. The user should now be able to log in without an error.

If the user still can't log in:

  1. On the computer with the new install, browse to C:\Users\logged in users name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Access Applications\FocalPoint Administrator

  2. Paste the licence.dat that was copied from a working machine, into this location as well

If there are still problems logging in, then please raise a new case and reference the title of this article.

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