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Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition - License Expiry
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Paul Wheeler
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I have a start-up business and have inherited source code utilising the Lightswitch add-on to VS2013 Community Edition. I've continued to develop on this line-of-business rapid development platform. However I'm not able to open up VS2013 as the 'licence' has expired.
As I am using the Community Edition I appreciate that I need to invest in a full version of VS2013 (although I've tried to purchase this through various channels to no avail). And for the record as my business is now expanding I can justify the spend.
VS2015 still allows me to validate / renew a Community Edition license however Lightswitch applications are not backward compatible (not sure why?)
So I need to be able to clear any cached license details for VS2013 or purchase a full verion of VS2013 (but then will I be able to active the app?)
thank you in advance,
Wheeler206
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RLWA32 52,546 Reputation points2022-07-18T11:26:56.563+00:00 -
Paul Wheeler 31 Reputation points
2022-07-18T12:33:52.567+00:00 Thank you so much!
It solved my problem ;)
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Paul Wheeler 31 Reputation points
2022-07-18T11:16:29.16+00:00 
I am met with two scenarios with the license expiring or 'going stale'. On selecting either open to 'Check for an updated license' or 'Sign in' I get a 'Sorry, we ran into a problem' message... The online service is not available. Please try again later.
I've tried both methods of not signing in and signing in, but both routes fail.
Best regards,
Wheeler206.
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Sodel Pérez Martínez 1 Reputation point2022-11-09T16:18:06.213+00:00 Hi Paul, have you found a solution for this?
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Paul Wheeler 31 Reputation points
2022-11-09T16:35:11.033+00:00 Hi there, yes it was solved by RLWA32-6355 earlier in the thread:
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Richard Broadhurst 0 Reputation points2023-02-05T09:56:34.4533333+00:00 That may work for some, but did not work for me, maybe win7 ultimate is blocked now?
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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,196 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-07-18T07:33:59.327+00:00 Hi @Paul Wheeler ,
If you're using Visual Studio Community, you must activate it by logging into the product within 30 days of installation.
Please sign in your account in the upper-right corner of the Visual Studio environment and update the trial license.If you want to run LightSwitch application in VS2015, you need to install corresponding LightSwitch extension in VS2015. But I am unable to find the LightSwitch extension for VS2015. About using LightSwitch in Visual Studio, you can see the document: LightSwitch Update.
By the way, VS2013 and VS2015 has ended for mainstream support. If you want to purchase a full version of VS2013, you need to contact Microsoft Sales to confirm if it is available now.
Sincerely,
Anna
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