This article gives information about how to register InstallAnywhere (versions 8.0 - 2010)

Important Note: Please make sure to install and to register the product under the same user account.

InstallAnywhere Installers will expire after 21 days without registering the product. All projects built prior to registering can be used after expiration, provided that they are rebuilt after registering the product.

Therefore, after registering the software, you will need to rebuild every project you created in order to distribute them. InstallAnywhere does not do this automatically. If you continue to get the "This product was created with an unregistered version of InstallAnywhere" message, please save and rebuild your installer and the problem should be resolved.

1. Launch InstallAnywhere in GUI mode, and there should be a splash screen stating the number of days, if any, remaining in your trial period. The same splash screen should have a ?Register? button.

Click the ?Register? button that should bring up a registration screen. Enter the requested information including your product serial number.






Note: Make sure the product serial number being entered follows these guidelines:

-Contains 20 characters
-All characters are capitalized
-Do not start with the letters: ISMTK
-Formatted as follows (7-3-10): XXXXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX
-No letter ?O?s? are contained in the serial number, it?s the number zero ?0?.
-Make sure to include the dashes/hyphens (-) when entering (Applies to InstallAnywhere 2009 and later only).
-There are no extra spaces either before or after the serial number

If unable to register product following the steps above, please make sure the following is accounted for:

1. The InstallAnywhere product is installed and registered under the same user account on the machine.

2. The user account has full administrator privileges.

3. The machine has a working internet connection.

4. The product serial number entered follows these guidelines:

Contains 20 characters
-All characters are capitalized
-Do not start with the letters: ISMTK
-Formatted as follows (7-3-10): XXXXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXXXXX (For version 2008, DO NOT include dashes/hyphens)
-No letter ?O?s? are contained in the serial number, it?s the number zero ?0?.
-Make sure to include the dashes/hyphens (-) when entering (Applies to InstallAnywhere 2009 and 2010 only).
-There are no extra spaces either before or after the serial number

InstallAnywhere 2011 and later utilizes a new license verification system. For more details on registering these newer versions, please view the corresponding article:

Licensing Overview for InstallAnywhere 2011 and Later