I downloaded the 60-day free trial version of Dorico 5. After a few days I purchased it (crossgraded from Finale). The program is already installed. I suppose I need not throw away the free version and re-install the paid one? Normally when you have a free trial program, it won’t save etc. Then when you purchase the real deal, it asks you to enter a license somewhere in the program so the full version is activated. I can’t find such a place to do that in Dorico. I threw out the installer after installing the program. Should I re-install the installer to enter the code there, as is mentioned in some places? I found a “redeem download access code” button under ‘products’ in my Steinberg account. I clicked on it and entered the code given to me upon access. Was that it? Will the already installed version on my computer continue to save and work with full features after 60 days?
Hi @Hakan_Ali_Toker , welcome to the forum.
No, Dorico is different. You can completely leave the Dorico installation as it is. It is the license that you hold which tells Dorico how to behave.
And yes, if you have already redeemed your access code for your purchased license, then that was almost it. You just need to open the Steinberg Activation Manager (gets installed along with Dorico) and activate the new license. That’s it then.
Thank you so much Ulf!
May I ask you one more thing?
When downloading the program, an 3,35GB folder entitled “Steinberg” ended-up in my Downloads folder. In it there’s an OSX folder, which contains 11 other folders such as Dorico 51.51 Application Installer, Groove Agent SE 5, Halion Sonic 7.1.0 etc. I doubt the “Downloads” folder is the right place for it. Shall I drag it to my “Applications” folder where Dorico itself is sitting in? I’m on a MAC, by the way.
You are more than welcome.
And see, the Steinberg Download Assistant first downloads all the Dorico installer stuff and then runs the actual installer to copy things into the final place(s). What remains is the downloaded installer files. Some people like the idea of keeping those files. Others throw them in the trash, knowing that at any point in time they can redownload them again. So if you want to keep your harddrive clean an lean, simply throw away that stuff from Downloads.
This did not work for me. I still get the demo notice.
Welcome to the forum.
So I guess you have tested Dorico using a Trial license and then bought the full license, is that correct?
In that case you should have received a mail with a “Download Access Code”, that must be entered in the Download Assistant (button in the upper left corner). After that you need to start the Activation Manager and that should show you, beside the Trial license, your new full license.
All you need to do here is to click on Activate and that is it.
Hello Juergen,
Not exactly. Before the initial installation on W11, I had paid for Dorico 5 on W10, but did not install it. I had forgotten that and clicked on the demo when I began the installation on W11 a few months later. I used my current email address that I had copied from W10, and so I never received the “Download Access Code” in question. Then I installed the full Dorico 5 which works fine. EXCEPT that I now always get the demo message and I have no way of getting rid of it. I even redid the entire longish install, and this did not void that demo message. Can you untangle all that?
Thank you, Eric Keller
It doesn’t matter with which Windows version you bought it, that is irrelevant.
When you buy a license you see the Download Access Code directly on the confirmation screen and it is also sent to you to the mail address, you have entered during the payment process.
Again this is all independent on the Windows version. You need to find the Download Access Code you got during the payment process. This is what enables the paid license in your Steinberg profile.
In case you have lost it, it is not recoverable. What you can do is contact Online Shop Support and try to get a refund and then buy a new license.
Juergen, is this the message your form is looking for? It got here yesterday, but it has no essential
message. Eric Keller
No, this is just the trial activation. The Download Access Code is in a mail that is also the receipt for your payment.
Please do not post any codes or mail addresses here, this is a public forum. This can cause a lot of spam. So plesse remove the screenshot for your own safety.