- Reads the Registry Digital Product Id and converts to readable format
Tested on Windows 8 and 10 or above, not sure about other versions, do mention in comments if it works for you.
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Get Windows installed product key from registry in plain readable format
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| Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | |
| readableKey = ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId")) | |
| MsgBox(readableKey) | |
| Function ConvertToKey(Key) | |
| insert = "" | |
| AKey = "" | |
| BKey = "" | |
| CKey = "" | |
| DKey = "" | |
| EKey = "" | |
| Const KeyOffset = 52 | |
| isWin8 = (Key(66) \ 6) And 1 | |
| Key(66) = (Key(66) And &HF7) Or ((isWin8 And 2) * 4) | |
| i = 24 | |
| Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789" | |
| last = 0 | |
| Do | |
| Cur = 0 | |
| x = 14 | |
| Do | |
| Cur = Cur * 256 | |
| Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur | |
| Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) | |
| Cur = Cur Mod 24 | |
| x = x-1 | |
| Loop While x >= 0 | |
| i = i-1 | |
| KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur+1, 1) & KeyOutput | |
| Last = Cur | |
| Loop While i >=0 | |
| If (isWin8 = 1) Then | |
| keypart1 = Mid(KeyOutput, 2, Last) | |
| insert = "N" | |
| KeyOutput = Replace(KeyOutput, keypart1, keypart1 & insert, 2, 1, 0) | |
| If Last = 0 Then KeyOutput = insert & KeyOutput | |
| End If | |
| AKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 1, 5) | |
| BKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 6, 5) | |
| CKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 11, 5) | |
| DKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 16, 5) | |
| EKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 21, 5) | |
| ConvertToKey = AKey & "-" & BKey & "-" & CKey & "-" & DKey & "-" & EKey | |
| End Function |
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Bought a Windows 10 Home key last month, and now a Windows 11 Pro key — both from SoftwareCaster.com. Both worked perfectly and support was helpful too.