CD Key location

Ice_Sickle · #1 February 9th, 2005, 12:38 PM

A friend of mine is having some real computer problems. The best solution seems to be a re-format at this time. The problem is that he can't find his Dominions II manual (with CD key). So once he re-formats he won't be able to play until he finds his manual.

In many game and even in Windows the CD key is saved in the registry. I've dug through my registry and couldn't find mine. Does the key exist in a file or something so he can determine what his is before he reformats?

liga · #2 February 9th, 2005, 12:43 PM

the Cd key is in a text file called "key" in the dominions2 installation directory (the one with the executable)

good play
Liga

Agrajag · #3 February 9th, 2005, 01:15 PM

Actually, its not officialy a text file, it has no extension.
But if you open it with "Notepad" then it will work okay.
Or atleast that's how things are in my installation =P

Ice_Sickle · #4 February 9th, 2005, 01:21 PM

Thank you! I'm stunned I didn't find it.

reverend · #5 February 9th, 2005, 01:52 PM

Heh. That's because storing the key in an open, plain textfile is much too simple for games nowadays. You just don't think to look for it anymore.

Bluebird · #6 February 10th, 2005, 05:30 PM

It is the UNIX way to do things ... the Windows way with strange registries and binary formats was a horrible design decision from the start. It is probably the second worst part of the Windows design (right after .dll-Hell)