Express registration: going crazy...

I searched the whole forum, I found 32 links with th e"activation key" None of them helped me.

I just installed Web Express. I go to Help->Register Product

(Many post states that there is an "Activate product" in Help. No, there is nothing like thios. It is "Register product" instead.)

I get a web page, I log in with my passport. Finally I receive a web page that looks exactly like this:

Thank you for registering!

Your e-mail address has been verified and a "thank you" e-mail with links to valuable registration offers and resources has been sent to your inbox.

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So, I received the email with links to benefits to the email I entered at profile.microsoft.com. (Yes, I made it as stated in the other posts). I even can download the benefits and access the other links.

My question is; where is my activation link (Yes, I read that it will be displayed in a web page, it is not sent by an email. As everybody can see, no activation keyy is displayed in the web page I just copy-paste-ed above). Supposing I'll receive it somehow, how and where can I use it, because I see no place in my web express edition IDE where I could enter it.

I would really love to get it, I'm going to go crazy... MS guys, the framework 2 is great, the IDEs are great, your initiative to make free versions is EXCELLENT but this way of registering finally will make me crazy and I'll fly to other dev tools. Yes, eventually I'll miss the great drag and drop features...

Please, help me, please...

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Express registration: going crazy...

IntelArt
Happening for me here too with VB 2005 Express. I downloaded and installed as if from CD, and there's no option to enter a reg code ... so I've now registered 4 times and counting.
bharath k
Specifically, if you used the CD Image to install (rather than the web installer), you do not need to enter an activation key.

Thanks,
Scott Currie
DDCPX Program Manager
Microsoft
lp75
I have now registered both VB Express and VWD Express a lot of times, fetched my bonus programs, still I get the popup about registration every time I start the programs.
Refresher
From what you've said, you're registering a product that doesn't require an activation key. What made you think you should receive an activation key for this product

Can you tell me what product you've registered Also, when you go through the registration process what URL is in the address bar Also, where did you download this product
Mary Waller
Yep, I get this problem too, only with C++ though, the rest all work fine after registering. I re-registered C++ a couple of times, no difference, it keeps popping that balloon.
haSta
Dear Kathy,

I downloaded the Visual Studio C# Express Edition and the Web Developer Express Edition from Microsoft's official web site. I did it by downloading the image files for an offline installation. I didnt know that there's no need for any activation key for products installed offline.

Scotty, you swiched on the light in my head, that's the problem.

I tried to get an activation key because everybody here is doing so. It is possible that I didn't see this offline issue or it isn't stated on the download page. However, now it is ok.

Thanks a lot, Scotty and Kathy, I'm going on with MS
Nektar
Yes but then, why every time C# Express or Web Dev Express started, they asked for Registration Is it a way to make that registration-ballon not showing up
MrBones
Someone at Microsoft must have gotten the message about C++ and the registration balloon. Registered it again yesterday...opened it up today and no balloon.

Try your registration one more time.
Express registration: going crazy...

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