"a valid license for holdem manager was not found" - after formatting hard drive

[joshlolz]

so i formatted my hard drive, and windows 7 archives all old windows installation files (and documents, etc) in a folder on the drive. my previous installation of HM2 is in that archive, as well as all of my hand histories, etc. they are in their default HM2archive folder in c://.

when i try and open the HM2 application from the archived folder, i receive an error message saying "A valid license of r Hold'em Manager was not found. Hold'em Manager will now exit".

basically i want to know if its possible to just rewrite some registry files to get this working again without having to reinstall Hm2. i had to format without the availability of backing up my data (config files, etc) - the HD was not responsive. basically if i reinstall Hm2 i will lose access to my config files, my HUD setups, things like that.

anything i can do?

thanks

[kamachos]

All your settings are in your config folder. Do you have access to it to back it up?

Please check and try the suggestions in the following thread:

http://forums.holdemmanager.com/mana...tained-hm.html

[joshlolz]

i do have access to these folders.

unfortunately, the suggestions presented in that thread you recommended i visit do not work for me ;[

[DogNamedBluff]

Hi.

Please try all the steps on this FAQ and send us a log file as described at the end if you still have problems - http://hm2faq.holdemmanager.com/ques...Holdem+Manager

Also, please view this video for more info on registration fixes: http://www.holdemmanager.com/Downloads/Registration.wmv