Hello Ivan Simerka,

please check the workaround from the below link and try to follow the steps:

https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/w/customer-experience/3183/how-to-install-and-activate-studio-2017-and-studio-2019-side-by-side

Let me know if it helped !

Best regards

Alina Obreja

Dear Alina,

thank you for the try. I am sorry, your suggestion did not help me since I was in a different situation. 

Kind regards,

Ivan Šimerka

Hello Ivan ,

In order to use 2017 Freelance on your desktop  , you must  install on the same pc also the 2019 Freelance. Only in this way the activation code  will work. As it is mentioned in the article I sent you , you need to have on the same pc installed both version 2017 and 2019 , and in this way you can use the  same activation code that you find under your SDL account -products and plans -licenses- SDL Trados Studio 2019 Freelance Plus (the activation code from  your 2019 Freelance Plus).

To sum up , the activation code from your 2019 freelance plus is the same as for 2017 freelance plus, but you need to have 2019 installed on your desktop , otherwise it will not work.

Hope it make sense my explanation !

Best regards

Alina Obreja

Hello Ivan ,

In order to use 2017 Freelance on your desktop  , you must  install on the same pc also the 2019 Freelance. Only in this way the activation code  will work. As it is mentioned in the article I sent you , you need to have on the same pc installed both version 2017 and 2019 , and in this way you can use the  same activation code that you find under your SDL account -products and plans -licenses- SDL Trados Studio 2019 Freelance Plus (the activation code from  your 2019 Freelance Plus).

To sum up , the activation code from your 2019 freelance plus is the same as for 2017 freelance plus, but you need to have 2019 installed on your desktop , otherwise it will not work.

Hope it make sense my explanation !

Best regards

Alina Obreja

Ivan Simerka

Just to add to the information Alina provided.  You do not need to licence 2017.  Just install 2019 and licence it with your new 2019 activation code.  Once you have done this Studio 2017 will be able to use that without you having to actually licence it again.

The reason you don't have a 2017 licence any more is because you upgraded it to 2019.  So you can now use 2017 and 2019 on the same computer, but not on separate machines.  If you wanted to do that you would have had to purchase a new licence for 2019 and not an upgrade.

Dear All,

just a minute ago, Monica from the SDL support helped me to overcome successfully this problem. It seems that she followed the procedure you described. However, I was not able to do that before.

As soon as I tried to install 2017 version (on the computer with installed 2019) it stopped at the Activation without the possibility of "30 days trial" (as it was in case of Monica's help) and then I coud not go any further.

Anyway, thanks for your effort. I appreciate it very much.

Best regards,

Ivan