Windows 10: How do I reactivate my ABBYY finereader

I have reactivated this before using instructions from Microsoft Community but these seem to have been deleted.Any help

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ABBYY finereader 9.0 sprint

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

The issue could be because of the service not running properly. You can follow the troubleshooting steps mentioned below:

1. Press and hold Windows + R key on the keyboard to open Run
   
2. Type services.msc and press enter.
   
3. Look for ABBYY FineReader Licensing Service.
   
4. Right click on the service and click on Properties.
   
5. Change the Startup type to
   Automatic.
   
6. Click on Apply and restart the service.
   

If you still face the same issue, please reply with the following details:

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
2. Did you make any changes to the computer recently?
   

Hope it helps.

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Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

ABBYY FineReader Pro 5.0 (over 20 years old but works on Windows 10)

I was rebuilding my computer and came across some software I bought over 20 years ago.
It was ABBYY FineReader Pro 5.0. I remember I bought it directly from ABBYY and paid $99.
I was determined to get it working again. Here are the problems I found and how I overcame them.

ABBYY FineReader Pro 5.0 downloads:

• Setup: FineReaderPro.exe
• Service Pack 4: FR5SP4.exe

Also, you still need the Product Key you got when you bought it.

Problem 1: Downloads are self-extracting zip files. They are incompatible with Windows 10.
Solution 1: Rename ".exe" files to ".exe.zip" ones

Problem 2: Installation fails. Maybe because of long file names.
Solution 2: Move setups to root directories, e.g. D:\.

Rename files:

• Rename “FineReaderPro.exe” to “FineReaderPro.exe.zip”
• Rename “FR5SP4.exe” to “FR5SP4.exe.zip”

Create directories:

• D:\ABBYY
• D:\ABBYY\Setup
• D:\ABBYY\SP4

Extract files:

• Extract “FineReaderPro.exe.zip” to D:\ABBYY\Setup
• Extract “FR5SP4.exe.zip” to D:\ABBYY\SP4

Install ABBYY FineReader Pro & SP4

• D:\ABBYY\Setup\Install.exe
• D:\ABBYY\SP4\Install.exe

One last thing if the installation fails and you try again you might see an error about being unable to delete some files. Just note the directory and manually delete it before you try again. I had this happen while I was experimenting with it.
I don't remember the name of the directory I deleted but I think it was in the directory "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Temp".

 

Not able to scan using application ABBYY Finereader 6.0 sprint getting error message "cannot open TWAIN source".

Hi,

Thanks for the update and response.

I would suggest you to contact the ABBYY finereader 6.0 support and check.

Please refer the below link for the same.

http://www.abbyy.com/support/

Reply us if you have any further queries on Windows 10 we will be glad to assist you.