Today I encountered the Groove agent doesnt work anymore. It looks very strange, I Have licence included in Abslotute 5 bundle, Halion 6 works fine, but Groove agent stopped working today, when I start it, it starts normally, but in few seconds the blocker appears. The same is true for Grove Agent SE too, I have no idea, what to do with it. any advice?
Please update the Steinberg Activation Manager to the latest version (1.4.11). It should be automatically installed when you run the Steinberg Download Assistant, and it can also be downloaded from Steinbergās site.
I am having the same problem. none of my steinberg vsts Retrologue. PadShop, Groove Agent 5 SE, now work after upgrading to ver 12 from 11. I run latest activation manager. Says the same as above.
Please make sure that you have the latest versions of all bundled plug-ins installed. They have all been updated.
āNo valid license detected for Groove Agentā after upgrade from Absolute 3 to 5
Reinstalling Groove Agent didnāt fix the problem
A new license hadnāt ruined my old ones never before
Steinberg Activation Manager: 1.4.11.903
Steinberg Library Manager: 3.2.20.280
eLicenser - 6.12.8.3314
Cubase 10.0.60 Build 396
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Please make sure that you have the latest version of Groove Agent 5 installed. Itās currently version 5.1.11.
The Absolute 5 category in the Steinberg Download Assistant lists all of the latest versions of the included plug-ins.
Thanks for your reply, @Romantique_Tp
I installed GA5.1.11 - the problem still persist - my tracks with GA4 are not accessible
Hereās the full story after upgdading my license from Abolute 3 to 5:
- āNo valid licenseā error for GA4 > my tracks with GA4 are not accessible;
- Installed GA5.1.11 > my tracks with GA4 are still not accessible;
- Reinstalled GA4 again > it even doesnāt appear in The Plugin Manager;
- Removed GA5 > now GA4 appears, but āedit instrumentā on tracks is still unavailable because of the initial problem āNo valid licenseā
Seems Iāll need a separate license for GA4 in order to continue my work?
Please, help! Iāve lost tones of hours fighting thisā¦
Sumarize: It seems that after updating the dongle I just donāt have un option to use my currently installed VSTs and content libraries
This is rediculous. I have 2 PCs only in order to have a backup plan if something goes wrong but now I canāt work on non of both.
I canāt downgrade my dongle - tryed everything - reactivating old codes in order to apply all the upgrades afterwards, but my case is very complicated : Iāve started with HS2 > HS5 > HS6 > crossgrading to ABS3 > ABS 5
So I donāt have on what to appply my ABS3 license anymore, cause I donāt have HS6 license - it is also a part of some upgrade during the years
And finally : I donāt even have a support - for Bulgaria we donāt have un option to request a support ticket. I called the local dealer and he said to ask here in the forum, cause he is only a hardware dealer
Please, anyone, tell me who to tag here in order to get support
Or maybe just to ask for refund and to hope this will Šµnd this whole story
Please run the eLicenser Control Center and click the Maintenance button to the top right. Do so for both of your computers.
Can you take a screenshot of this error?
Groove Agent 5 is supposed to completely replace GA4. What do you mean by the tracks not being accessible, exactly? Are you sure those tracks were made with GA4 and not Groove Agent SE 4? You would have to install GA SE 5 for them to be replaced correctly in that case.
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Hey again 
so here is in short: I need my projects to work like before purchasing the upgrade and without reinstalling everything (example: Iām in the mountine and I donāt have possibilities to download 50 gigs of content)
Never before it was a problem to use an older version of Cubase or any VST with the newest license on my dongle
I am doing the Maintenance in eLicenser Control Center everytime I open it
The screenshots are attached, Later Iāll provide a screenshot what i mean by ānot accessibleā
Thanks
Try closing Cubase and then temporarily signing-out from the Steinberg Activation Manager. See if that makes a difference.
If that doesnāt help, youāll probably have to download the latest Groove Agent 5 content from the Steinberg Download Assistant. The included libraries were all updated to support the new Instrument Browser, which allows you to easily replace instruments from a single pad.
Once you have downloaded the content, please uninstall GA4 and the old content from Windows before installing the updated content. This will help prevent possible conflicts.
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