Activate Sublime Text 4 Build 4143 and below for ever (also maybe above, but not yet tried)

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Activate Sublime Text (for ever)

1. Go to https://hexed.it/
2. Click Open File in the top left corner and select sublime_text.exe
3. Press CTRL + F or on the Search for bar in the left panel and look for: 80 78 05 00 0f 94 C1
4. Now in the editor, click on the first byte (80) and start replacing each byte by: C6 40 05 01 48 85 C9
5. Finally, in the top left corner again, click on Save as and replace the old executable file with the newly created one.

Enjoy an Unlimited User License!

Last update: 2023-01-23

@I-like-beans @marcpinet It works on Mac with Intel CPU, but not on Mac M1/M2.
In fact, it works on Win/Mac/Linux with Intel CPU.

For Mac M1/M2, look at this https://gist.github.com/maboloshi/feaa63c35f4c2baab24c9aaf9b3f4e47

def replace_bytes(file_path, original_bytes, new_bytes):
    # Open the file in read+binary mode
    with open(file_path, 'rb+') as file:
        content = file.read()
        
        # Find the original byte sequence
        index = content.find(original_bytes)
        if index == -1:
            print("Byte sequence not found.")
            return False
        
        # Log the location of the bytes to be replaced
        print(f"Byte sequence found at index: {index}")
        
        # Move the file pointer to the location of the byte sequence
        file.seek(index)
        
        # Write the new byte sequence
        file.write(new_bytes)
        
        print("Byte sequence replaced successfully.")
        return True

# Define the original and new byte sequences
original_bytes = bytes([0x80, 0x78, 0x05, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x94, 0xC1])
new_bytes = bytes([0xC6, 0x40, 0x05, 0x01, 0x48, 0x85, 0xC9])

# Path to the sublime_text.exe (make sure to use the correct path)
file_path = "sublime_text.exe"

# Call the function
result = replace_bytes(file_path, original_bytes, new_bytes)

Simple Python script that will do the job for you.

Thanks G.

Works on Sublime Text version 4169

Sublime Text has got yet another update, with this, the binaries we are looking for in specific have been removed. Meaning this method is patched as of now. Do NOT upgrade to build 4180 if you wish to keep your license.

It looks like I haven't provided my Sublime Text auto patching plugin here. Hence https://github.com/n6333373/sublime-self-patcher . Usually, it just continue to work for future versions of Sublime Text/Merge with no guarantee.

If you want to do if manually, visit https://gist.github.com/maboloshi/feaa63c35f4c2baab24c9aaf9b3f4e47 for clues.

It looks like I haven't provided my Sublime Text auto patching plugin here. Hence https://github.com/n6333373/sublime-self-patcher . Usually, it just continue to work for future versions of Sublime Text/Merge with no guarantee.

If you want to do if manually, visit https://gist.github.com/maboloshi/feaa63c35f4c2baab24c9aaf9b3f4e47 for clues.

This Worked Perfectly to activate 4180