====== Activating or Migrating License for Intact.Simulation for Grasshopper ======
 //Please follow these instructions each time you are activating or migrating a license key. Failure to do so may result in Intact.Simulation for Grasshopper not working properly.//

<wrap em>* If Rhino is running, close it to ensure license changes are applied correctly.</wrap>

===== Activating License =====

⚠️ If you are installing for the first time, the license manager should open during the installation process. Once launched, **go to step 2**.

If not, you can start our license manager from the **Windows Start Menu** by typing **"Intact License Manager"**. You can also find the License Manager application by navigating to the Intact.Simulation folder installation location, which by default should be in //PC>Drive(C:)>Program Files>Intact.Simulation//. Once there, open the license-manager.exe and enter the key you should have received via email. 

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This will then open a page showing the information for your device and license in addition to an activate button, click this button to activate the license. 

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Upon successful activation, you should see this screen.

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===== Moving License =====

If you are instead moving a license to another device there are two options.\\
  - You can first deactivate the license on the old device and then activate the license on the desired device. 
  - Alternatively, you can disable the license on your old device directly from the license manager as shown below.

Open the license manager and enter your key as done in the [[#Activating License|activating license]] section. Following this you will first see that your license is full and the validation says "fingerprint_scope_mismatch". Click activate on this screen as normal. 

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Now, you will get an error message and importantly, the option to deactivate the license on the old device. Click deactivate and follow the steps in [[#Activating License|activating license]] by clicking activate on the current device again which should result in a "valid" validation code on the desired device. 

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