How to change Visual Studio 2017 License Key?

Question

I want to remove my license key in visual studio 2017. how can i do it? I am trying to change the product key but I cant.

Answer 1

Well I found two possible solutions for Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.

1. Setting new product key with StorePID.exe (MS Docs).

1. navigate to VS 2017/2019 installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE)
2. start cmd as admin
3. execute StorePID.exe
4. maybe a restart

Possible Microsoft Product Codes (MPC) are:

• 06177 Visual Studio Professional 2013
• 06191 Visual Studio Premium 2013
• 06181 Visual Studio Ultimate 2013
• 07062 Visual Studio Professional 2015
• 07060 Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
• 08860 Visual Studio Enterprise 2017
• 08862 Visual Studio Professional 2017
• 08866 Visual Studio Test Professional 2017
• 09260 Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
• 09262 Visual Studio Professional 2019

2. Removing product key first and set new one. (VS 2015/2017/2019)

1. open register editor
2. navigate to
   • VS 2015: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\4D8CFBCB-2F6A-4AD2-BABF-10E28F6F2C8F and delete it
   • VS 2017: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\5C505A59-E312-4B89-9508-E162F8150517 and delete it
   • VS 2019: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\41717607-F34E-432C-A138-A3CFD7E25CDA and delete it
3. exeute a repair installation of VS 2017/2019
4. enter your new product key under Help > Register Product

It's not the best way to solve it, but faster than deinstall and install the complete IDE.

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Update (2020-01-09)

• added MPCs for Visual Studio 2013, 2015 and 2019;
• extended registry solution for VS 2019;