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How to register Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
  • Open regedit, head to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCSExpress\9.0\Registration.
  • Delete the value Params.
  • Right click on the key 'Registration' in the tree, and click permissions.
  • Click Advanced...
  • Go to the permissions tab, and uncheck the box labeled Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here.
  • In the dialog that opens, click copy (Note that in Windows 7, it appears the copy button was renamed to add, as in add inherited permissions as explicit permissions).
  • Hit OK in the 'Advanced' window.
  • Back in the first permissions window, click your user, and uncheck Full Control.
  • Do the same thing for the Administrators group.
  • Hit OK or Apply. Congratulations, you will never again be plagued by the registration nag, and just like WinRAR, your trial will never expire.
  • You may have to do the same thing for other (non-Visual C++) programs, like Visual Basic express or Visual C# express.


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