Jun 04, 2012  How to fix “Invalid License Data” after upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 Beta to RC. Same problem – Visual Studio 2010 Shell – 'Invalid license data. Reinstall is required.' Anyone got a cure? 3 years ago Reply. Just got that after upgrading Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 to Update 5. Also have Intel Visual Studio.

• Visual Studio 2010 Shell Invalid License Data Reinstall Is Required 2013

So I have recently instealled Visual Shell Express (Isolated) 2010 in Windows 7.The problem is, every time I open it, it says, Invalid License Data. Reinstall Required.I saw this:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2673275/how-do-i-fix-an-invalid-license-data-reinstall-is-required-error-in-visual-cIt looks like an answer to my question, but the subinacl command line tool doesn't work on Windows 7.

Are there any other ways to replicate the fix on windows 7 without the command line tool?

Thanks!

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I experienced this error when attempting to install and run the free Visual Studio 2010 Shell alongside a licensed copy of Visual Studio 2013 Professional.

As described in the thread you mentioned, the issue appears to involve a conflict with how the Visual Studio installers manage updates to the Windows Registry key settings associated with software licensing.

In my case, simply uninstalling and re-installing the Visual Studio 2010 Shell did not resolve my issue. However, I was able to resolve my issue without making any manual changes to the Windows Registry by installing SQL Server Data Tools 2010, which is also free and includes the Visual Studio 2010 Shell.

A few customers have reported the following error after upgrading from VS2012 Beta to the Release Candidate (RC):

Invalid License Data

Reinstall is required.

Aaron Marten on the Visual Studio Extensibility team has a post describing how to fix this issue.

This should only happen if you upgrade a “higher” Beta edition to a “lower” RC edition, like from VS11 Ultimate Beta to VS2012 Professional RC. You may avoid this issue if you haven’t yet installed the RC by upgrading to the same or “higher” edition than you installed for the Beta (i.e. Professional < Premium < Ultimate).

You only need to uninstall “Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta” from Programs and Features. Any other packages installed by VS11 Beta will be upgraded and should not affect the license data. But should you want to uninstall all of the Beta packages, please read KB2710678.

To uninstall the main Beta program after installing RC,

Visual Studio 2010 Shell Invalid License Data Reinstall Is Required 2013

1. Click on Start.
2. Type “Programs and Features” (without quotes) and press Enter on your keyboard.
3. After the list is populated, find an entry beginning “Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta”.
4. Click on the Change button.
5. Click on the Uninstall button.