- If you can, buy a license to support the developer.
Internet Download Manager (IDM) has two registry keys that are used to save the installation timestamp that considers the starting of the trial time. For resetting the timer both keys have to be deleted, besides other configurations that have to be reset to the default configuration.
To reset the time you can do it either by using the original setting that was used while installing the application for the first time. ConfigTime and MData have to be deleted, and the Thread value has to be set to 1 while the Model value will be set to 0x68. in addtion, you have to delete the IDM setting folder in this path %appdata%\IDM
- copy the folowing code and save it in reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DownloadManager\ConfigTime]
@=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{07999AC3-058B-40BF-984F-69EB1E554CA7}]
"Model"=dword:00000068
"Therad"=dword:00000001
"MData"=-
The other way is by deleting all the keys from the registry which could be done using the Command prompt.
- copy the following code and save it in cmd file
:: Deleting the registery keys
reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DownloadManager\ConfigTime /VA /F
reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{07999AC3-058B-40BF-984F-69EB1E554CA7} /VA /F
:: Deleting the IDM setting folder
rmdir /S /Q %appdata%\IDM
if you are using Windows 32bit you need to delete \WOW6432Node from the registry key
Hi @aljbri
I have used both methods, but they don't work. A little over a month ago I have installed IDM, and before knowing your gist I was using idm-trial-reset and also IDM-reset. Both programs work fine, but every time I start a download I get the annoying dialog boxes that say "IDM has not been registered in 30 days" and when I close that dialog box, another box pops up to register the program. So I have not been able to find any method to continue downloading without those annoying dialog boxes appearing, I have even tried what it says here , but it doesn't work either :(
I have used your methods hoping it would work, but IDM still shows the dialog boxes. It seems that after the IDM trial ends there is no way to stop these dialog boxes from appearing, even using the programs I mentioned, even using your methods, and the only way to stop them from appearing is to reinstall Windows.
By the way, where did you get the MData key from? There is no MData in the path you indicated, there is only Model and Therad. I am using Windows 11 64-bits
In your case, and with your methods, IDM downloads with or without the dialog boxes? I hope you find some solution for that.