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How to reinstall TRADOS STUDIO 2021 on the same PC (PC needs to reinstall Windows so I have to reinstall Trados after it)

Elizaveta Capelle

Dear all,

How to reinstall TRADOS STUDIO 2021 on the same PC

My PC needs to reinstall Windows so I have to reinstall Trados after it?

I have TRADOS on my PC and the trados.exe file is in my downloads from 3 years ago, but I don't know where to find my lisence number and if I can reinstall it on my PC (the same one) after I reinstall windows. Can anyone help?

Thank you very much
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    Please make sure, you have the current installer for your version of Studio. Login into your RWS account and download it from there. Download MultiTerm too. Store the files on an external drive or on a local drive, which will NOT be affected by Windows reinstallation. Make a backup copy of all your work and private files! Copy this backup to another drive or USB stick, so you have TWO backups of all files.

    Now, before reinstalling Windows, do the following:

    • Deactivate Trados Studio on your machine
    • Login to your RWS account and check, if you have an available license! Without doing so, you will have much more trouble activating the product after reinstallation of Windows
    • If the license is available, continue with the next steps. Otherwise return here and ask for the license reset!
    • Reinstall Windows
    • Locate the downloaded Trados Studio installation file
    • Copy the file to your desktop
    • Right click the file and chose "Run as admin"
    • Follow the steps to install Trados Studio
    • Repeat this steps for MultiTerm
    • Restart your PC
    • Start Trados Studio and activate it with the license code from your RWS account.

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  • 0 in reply to Jerzy Czopik

    thank you for your very detailed answer. I'm just worried about "deactivating" as I read in an older post (I think dated 2017) that deactivation made more trouble. Anyway, I'll follow YOUR steps and see.
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  • 0 in reply to Elizaveta Capelle

      

    Hi Elizaveta,

    Jerzy is right, it's better to release the activation from WITHIN Trados Studio, before you reinstall Windows.

    That which you will have seen people having problems with is deactivating a Studio license AFTER the software has been removed or overwritten WITHOUT releasing the license from within Studio.

    This is done via the Help tab > Product Activation > Deactivate.

    That means that your license will be returned and you will be able to reactivate your new installation of Trados after you have reinstalled Windows.

    The steps Jerzy has given you are good. I only answered your question about where to find your license activation code.

    All the best,

    Ali Smiley
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