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by wistar
Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:34 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Activation weirdness administrator vs user
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Re: Activation weirdness administrator vs user

Addendum addendum: I solved the immediate issue! I copied the activation code block from the email (gmail running on Firefox) to a plain-vanilla text file and then copied the block from the text file to the activation text control. It worked. I have a "copy as plain text" extension in Fire...
by wistar
Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Activation weirdness administrator vs user
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Re: Activation weirdness administrator vs user

Addendum: I did just notice one other thing: Although I ticked the add icon to desktop and task bar options during the install dialog, neither were added. The application does show up in the Start list.
by wistar
Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:22 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Activation weirdness administrator vs user
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Re: Activation weirdness administrator vs user

Thank you for the responses. From the admin account, I uninstalled FontCreator and then installed it from the user account, escalating permissions as Erwin suggests. Although it installed quickly and without error, I am still unable to paste the activation block as I get the same results I got befor...
by wistar
Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:20 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Activation weirdness administrator vs user
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Activation weirdness administrator vs user

Win 8.1 64bit. Toshibo Qosmio i7 w/32GB RAM and 256GB SSD. FontCreator 9 Tonight I purchased FontCreator Pro 9 and was sent an activation code "block" via email. I downloaded and installed the application using the administrator account—as I do all software installations—and, once installe...