Flex Builder License Reset

I recently ran into a license key issue with Flex Builder and wanted to share my resolution to the problem.

In a nutshell, I had upgraded from Flex 2 to Flex 3, but accidentally got the Standard version instead of Pro.  I had already entered the license key for Standard and when I went to enter the key for Pro, it balked since it was expecting a Flex 3 Standard to Flex 3 Pro ($499) license key, but the one I purchased was for Flex 2 Pro to Flex 3 Pro ($299).

I simply wanted to get back to the dialog where I could enter my previous Flex 2 Pro key and the new Flex 3 Pro key.

I figured out that I could resolve my problem by first clearing the license # from my license.properties file at:

Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Adobe\Flex\license.properties
Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flex/license.properties

I then restarted Flex Builder and was able to enter my new license information successfully.

Cheers!
Ryan

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