Offline / Manual activation

If there is a problem activating, you may see the following:

In this case, your Internet connection may be functioning but your ability to connect to the activation server may be blocked somehow. Click the 'Offline Activation' button to proceed.

Click the 'Save Activation Request' button. A dialog will come up asking you to save the .req file. Save it to a location of your choosing. You will then see the following:

If your machine is able to access http://activate.stardock.com/ you can go there and upload the .req file which will give you a .resp file to save to your computer. You can then click the 'Select Activation Response' button to browse to where the .resp file is saved. This will complete the activation.

If you are not able to access http://activate.stardock.com/ from the machine you are activating on, you will need to bring the .req file to a machine that has internet and complete the process there and then bring the .resp back to the machine you wish to activate on. The .resp file can also be loaded using the 'select offline file' option as seen on the initial activation screen in the second image at the top of this webpage above.

If you receive any errors trying to upload the req file, or download the resp file (404 errors), please try other web browser like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Edge or Firefox

Note: The req file must be created the PC needing the activation, and the subsequent resp file can only be used to activate that PC, not any others.

VIDEO: Creation of the .REQ file on the PC that needs activation

VIDEO: Submit the .REQ file from PC with internet access at http://activate.stardock.com/

VIDEO: Submit the downloaded .RESP file, finish on PC that needs activation