License vanished?

JonInMiddleGA · 11-21-2003, 09:15 AM

I double-click to sneak in a little mid-morning FOF2k4 & instead of opening nice & neat like usual, I get the licensing screen (like right after an install).

Problem is, I haven't unlicensed, tinkered with the files or done anything else except play the game since licensing it.

However ...

I notice that a number of files in the game directory are now associated with a program called "Ultra PDF" (that's the icon that's showing) but are still listed as "text documents" that should be opened with Notepad.

Among those files is one named "receipt" which I suspect may have something to do with my elicense. (elicen40.dll appears to be fine btw)

So, I don't believe I can unlicense something that isn't being read as licensed (in order to avoid losing a license). But I can't play without(re)licensing the game.

I suspect that my wife scrambled some file association or made some other mess while working on this comp this morning, but without knowing what she did & how she did it, I don't really want to start experimenting either.

Bottom line -- anybody want to take a shot at why my game isn't recognizing that it's already been licensed? And how can I fix whatever's wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Jon

Subby · 11-21-2003, 09:18 AM

I would rename the receipt file to receipt.old or something, then copy its contents into a new text file and save that with the correct name.

Then go into file associations and associate text files with notepad.

Then fire up the game.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-21-2003, 01:20 PM

FWIW, I tired Subby's suggestions (which was pretty much all I could think of too) & nothing helped.

I went through ViaTech's support form, explained the situation, they reset my licenses to two, I re-licensed & all is apparently well, right & good with the world.

Except for my defensive, which still gets torched too often late in games.

stkelly52 · 11-21-2003, 04:57 PM

This is why I used the offline licensing option. I now have the .txt file to paste into that opening screen should this ever happen to me.

11-21-2003, 09:18 AM	#2
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	I would rename the receipt file to receipt.old or something, then copy its contents into a new text file and save that with the correct name. Then go into file associations and associate text files with notepad. Then fire up the game. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

11-21-2003, 01:20 PM	#3
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	FWIW, I tired Subby's suggestions (which was pretty much all I could think of too) & nothing helped. I went through ViaTech's support form, explained the situation, they reset my licenses to two, I re-licensed & all is apparently well, right & good with the world. Except for my defensive, which still gets torched too often late in games. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

11-21-2003, 04:57 PM	#4
stkelly52 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle WA	This is why I used the offline licensing option. I now have the .txt file to paste into that opening screen should this ever happen to me. __________________ Check out an undrafted free agent's attempt to make the Hall of Fame: Running to the Hall Now nominated for a Golden Scribe!

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