Error installing Community version on Windows 10 EVAL image

[watersl (lawrence waters)]

Every time I try to install a copy of the community edition on a windows 10 eval image I get the following error , how can this be resolved

19.3.0+Branch.master.Sha.5fdb43627d7d3c011018bb545ddf9470210d44a9

Activation failed with error: 0
Error description: Cannot use Community Edition on this machine after activating a trial or Enterprise license code. Please enter a valid license key.
License status: Device ID already activated

Device ID: 4UJgdvA4sGzrr9FbKP8v
Computer: UIPATHWIN10
User Name: User

[lakshman (Ganta lakshman)]

@watersl,

Have you installed Enterprise Edition before installing Community Edition ?

[watersl (lawrence waters)]

Nope its the deviceID that causes the problem because the windows eval virtual image all have the this deviceID the UI path activation service thinks its a windows image that has had UIpath previously installed who can hel

[loginerror (Maciej Kuźmicz)]

Hi @watersl

In this case I would suggest this workaround:

WORKAROUND: "Device ID already activated" error

UPDATE: The error is resolved starting with 2019.4 version. Please get the latest Studio version. Device ID already activated - as I have mentioned before, this happens when you previously activated your Studio with a Trial key and after expiring you want to go back to using Community Edition. Only in special situations the Trial can be extended or the Device ID released from our licensing server. So, since there are so many questions around this, here is what you can do in order to use Comm…