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Make sure previous cracks/patches are removed/uninstalled if there are any.</li> <li>After that, follow the below steps to activate it.</li> </ul> <div id="method-1---powershell" class="section level3"> <h3>Method 1 - PowerShell</h3> <p>(Recommended)</p> <ul> <li>On Windows 8.1/10/11, right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD).</li> <li>Copy-paste the below code and press enter<br /> <code>irm https://massgrave.dev/ias | iex</code></li> <li>You will see the activation options, follow the on-screen instructions.</li> <li>That’s all.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="method-2---traditional" class="section level3"> <h3>Method 2 - Traditional</h3> <ul> <li>Download the file from <a href="https://github.com/WindowsAddict/IDM-Activation-Script/archive/refs/heads/main.zip">GitHub</a> or <a href="https://bitbucket.org/WindowsAddict/idm-activation-script/get/main.zip">Bitbucket</a></li> <li>Right-click on the downloaded zip file and extract</li> <li>In the extracted folder, run the file named <code>IAS.cmd</code></li> <li>You will see the activation options, and follow onscreen instructions.</li> <li>That’s all.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <div id="info" class="section level2"> <h2>Info</h2> <div id="activation" class="section level4"> <h4>Activation</h4> <ul> <li>This script applies the registry lock method to activate the Internet download manager (IDM).</li> <li>This method requires the Internet at the time of activation.</li> <li>IDM updates can be installed directly without having to activate it again.</li> <li>After the activation, if in some cases, IDM starts to show an activation nag screen, then just run the activation option again without using the reset option.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="reset-idm-activation-trial" class="section level4"> <h4>Reset IDM Activation / Trial</h4> <ul> <li>Internet download manager provides a 30-day trial period, you can use this script to reset this Activation / Trial period whenever you want.</li> <li>This option also can be used to restore status if in case IDM reports a fake serial key and other similar errors.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="os-requirement" class="section level4"> <h4>OS requirement</h4> <ul> <li>The project is supported for Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 and their Server equivalent.</li> <li>The PowerShell method to run IAS is supported on Windows 8 and higher.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="advanced-info" class="section level4"> <h4>Advanced Info</h4> <ul> <li>To add a custom name in IDM license info, edit line number 29 in the script file.</li> <li>For activation in unattended mode, run the script with the <code>/act</code> parameter.</li> <li>For reset in unattended mode, run the script with the <code>/res</code> parameter.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <div id="how-does-it-work" class="section level2"> <h2>How does it work?</h2> <ul> <li>IDM stores the data related to trial and activation across various registry keys. Some of these keys are locked to protect them from tampering and data is stored in a pattern to track the fake serial issue and the remaining trial days. To activate it, the script here simply generates those registry keys by triggering a few downloads in IDM, identifies those registry keys, and locks them so IDM can’t edit and view them. That way IDM cannot show the warning that it’s activated with a fake serial key.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="troubleshoot" class="section level2"> <h2>Troubleshoot</h2> <ul> <li>Browser Integration Fix: <a href="https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/bi9.html">Chrome</a> - <a href="https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/bi4.html">Firefox</a></li> <li>Reach out to us on <a href="https://discord.gg/gjJEfq7ux8">Discord</a> (signup not required) with an error screenshot.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://discord.gg/gjJEfq7ux8"><img src="https://lookimg.com/images/2023/03/21/QTvjcD.png" /></a></p> <hr /> </div> <div id="changelog" class="section level2"> <h2>Changelog</h2> <div id="v1.0" class="section level4"> <h4>v1.0</h4> <ul> <li>Added the code to relaunch the script with conhost.exe if the script is running from the terminal app.</li> <li>Fixed an issue in getting the current user account SID.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="v0.9" class="section level4"> <h4>v0.9</h4> <ul> <li>Fixed an issue where the script can not activate and reset IDM in non-admin user accounts.</li> <li>Fixed an issue where the script incorrectly shows that IDM is activated.</li> <li>Fixed an issue where a fake serial pop-up may appear. The script will also show the info to run the activation option again without using the reset option.</li> <li>Fixed an issue where Powershell code to launch IAS may not work due to GitHub block in some regions. It will use the new <a href="https://bitbucket.org/WindowsAddict/idm-activation-script/">BitBucket</a> repo as a fallback link.</li> <li>IDM registry scanning and locking code is now written in Powershell.</li> <li>The script update checker code is added to the script.</li> <li>The script will now disable quick edit mode temporarily because users often click inside the script window and it pauses the script.</li> <li>The script will back up the CLSISD registry keys before performing operations on them.</li> <li>Many error checks are added to better identify the issues.</li> </ul> </div> <div id="v0.8" class="section level4"> <h4>v0.8</h4> <ul> <li>Move the project to <a href="https://github.com/WindowsAddict/IDM-Activation-Script">Github</a> and <a href="https://massgrave.dev/idm-activation-script.html">massgrave.dev</a></li> <li>Minor bug fixes</li> <li>Add info to inform users that empty registry keys are being deleted when the script deletes a lot of them</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <div id="screenshots" class="section level2"> <h2>Screenshots</h2> <p><img src="IAS.png" /></p> <p><img src="IAS_Activation.png" /></p> <hr /> </div> <div id="credits" class="section level2"> <h2>Credits</h2> <table> <colgroup> <col width="22%" /> <col width="77%" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>Dukun Cabul</td> <td>Original researcher of this IDM trial reset and activation logic, made an Autoit tool for these methods, <a href="https://nsaneforums.com/topic/371047-discussion-internet-download-manager-fixes/page/8/#comment-1632062">IDM-AIO_2020_Final</a></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>AveYo aka BAU</td> <td><a href="https://pastebin.com/XTPt0JSC">reg_own lean and mean snippet</a></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><a href="https://github.com/abbodi1406">abbodi1406</a></td> <td>Help in coding</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>WindowsAddict</td> <td>IAS Author</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>And thanks to the IAS users for their interest, feedback, and assistance.</p> <hr /> <p>Made with Love ❤️</p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="links.js"></script> </div> </div> </div> <script> // add bootstrap table styles to pandoc tables function bootstrapStylePandocTables() { $('tr.odd').parent('tbody').parent('table').addClass('table table-condensed'); } $(document).ready(function () { bootstrapStylePandocTables(); }); </script> <!-- tabsets --> <script> $(document).ready(function () { window.buildTabsets("TOC"); }); $(document).ready(function () { $('.tabset-dropdown > .nav-tabs > li').click(function () { $(this).parent().toggleClass('nav-tabs-open'); }); }); </script> <!-- code folding --> <script> $(document).ready(function () { // temporarily add toc-ignore selector to headers for the consistency with Pandoc $('.unlisted.unnumbered').addClass('toc-ignore') // move toc-ignore selectors from section div to header $('div.section.toc-ignore') .removeClass('toc-ignore') .children('h1,h2,h3,h4,h5').addClass('toc-ignore'); // establish options var options = { selectors: "h1,h2,h3", theme: "bootstrap3", context: '.toc-content', hashGenerator: function (text) { return text.replace(/[.\\/?&!#<>]/g, '').replace(/\s/g, '_'); }, ignoreSelector: ".toc-ignore", scrollTo: 0 }; options.showAndHide = false; options.smoothScroll = false; // tocify var toc = $("#TOC").tocify(options).data("toc-tocify"); }); </script> <!-- dynamically load mathjax for compatibility with self-contained --> <script> (function () { var script = document.createElement("script"); script.type = "text/javascript"; script.src = "https://mathjax.rstudio.com/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"; document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); })(); </script> </body> </html>