I recently upgraded to Windows 7. Now when I start VS 2008 there is an immediate dialog with error messages about StrataFrame. Sorry I do not have a screen shot -- it is on the computer at home. Since I also installed VS 2010, I want to unlock my license key from VS 2008. However, I cannot complete that dialog, probably because SF did not instantiate correctly.



What do I need to do to unlock the license key and reinstall SF in VS 2010?

Still no joy. I tried the things you and Bill suggested. Activate.exe and DatabaseDTK.exe both blow up when run standalone and VS 2008 still chokes on StrataFrame when starting. I also verified that Base.dll exists.



What I would really like to do is get my license key back, uninstall SF and VS 2008 (2010 is already installed), and then reinstall SF. Something about upgrading to Windows 7 crippled it. It was working fine before. Do you know of any way to get the key back without running the deactivate-on-this-machine process?

Michael, you can always deactivate from the "My Account" page in SF site, but in this case you may no have to since the activation is based on your network card mac address and that have not changed in your computer, so go ahead and try VS2010 which for the record is what I am using now and working fine Win7 64bit Ultimate and VS2010.

Edhy Rijo

That worked, and it's exactly what I wanted to do. Thanks!