Updating license fails with License is invalid. License status: Read registry operation failed. Please contact support.

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Article ID: 100072039

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Description

Error Message

License is invalid.  License status: Read registry operation failed.  Please contact support.

Cause

Merge1 uses the identity set to the IIS Application Pool Merge1WebApp as the account to read the registry information.  If this account is not the Merge1 service account or does not have the following permissions, then the update will fail.

Permissions needed:

  • Part of Local administrator group
  • Log on as a service
  • Log on as a batch job

Resolution

Update the IIS Application Pool Merge1WebApp identity account to use the Merge1 service account or apply the appropriate permissions to the account that is being used.

Permissions needed:

  • Part of Local administrator group
  • Log on as a service
  • Log on as a batch job

Issue/Introduction

While trying to update Merge1 license, an error is seen stating that the license is not valid.