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25-Apr-22 22:02

I Need to get the magic numbers so that I can install my text editor on my new machine.

Vedit appears to be no more.

Phone: Wrong Number

E-Mail: No Response

Website: Broken Links

I am unable to locate a single human associated with Greenview Data (The Name of the Business Entity which is behind Vedit)

The weird thing: I can still download the installation and trial version of the package.

It seems quite a bit weird to keep my Windows'7 machine active for writing text, simply because I can't reinstall the pack on the new machine.

I really and truly like the Vedit Text Editor better than anything that has come along in the past thirty years.

I hope I don't have to make another downward move in my standard of living because of this.

Richard MacCutchan25-Apr-22 22:20

Richard MacCutchan

25-Apr-22 22:20

Er, Universal Windows File Editor and Converter | vEdit[^].

C-P-User-325-Apr-22 23:47

25-Apr-22 23:47

Checking "...ICANN WhoIs..." the registrar is GoDaddy and all other info is redacted for privacy.

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Rage25-Apr-22 22:40

Rage

25-Apr-22 22:40

What email did you write them to ?
I tried Richard's provided website link, and the only one appearing broken to me is the "products -> documentation" one. D'Oh! | :doh:

Do you have maybe an account in which you have your magic number installed ?
Can't you read it out from somewhere on the old machine ?
Don't you have it deep burried in a email somewhere (how did you get it first place?)

OTH, wrong phone number is never a good sign... Unsure | :~

C-P-User-325-Apr-22 23:35

25-Apr-22 23:35

Rage wrote:
What email did you write them to ?

support@vedit.com

Rage wrote:
I tried Richard's provided website link, and the only one appearing broken to me is the "products -> documentation" one.

Top Bar > Product > Documentation is broken

Top Bar > Product > FAQ Is broken

On the "...Resources and Other Links| vEdit..." page, the "...vEdit Forum..." link is broken

Same page, the "...Grey Matter..." page does not exist

Rage wrote:
Do you have maybe an account in which you have your magic number installed ?

Yes, I've had an account with Vedit since 1991; if memory serves me correctly. Ted Greene (Sp?) and I could recognize each other's voice on the phone without giving either one of us our name. My name appears on the web page of Customer Testimonials. To this day I say that Vedit still beats them all.

Interestingly enough, the website robot says that their database does not have my E-Mail address on file.

I say, huh ?

Rage wrote:
Can't you read it out from somewhere on the old machine ?

They use an installation number of something like fifteen digits. My customer serial number only has five digits. I can get that one from the menu on my screen

Rage wrote:
Don't you have it deep burried in a email somewhere (how did you get it first place?)

My E-Mail host demanded that I clean up my zillion zigabytes of old E-Mail; I am confident that the Vedit stuff was deleted with that purge.

I got my serial number from the company when I bought the thing, and upgraded through several iterations over several years (Decades, actually). My current copy of the program says that I'm eligible for upgrades through version 7.1 (they are currently at 6-point-something, and I have another 6-point-something).

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Rage25-Apr-22 23:50

Rage

25-Apr-22 23:50

OK, I reckon all this indeed looks suspicious.
They also have a sales@vedit.com email from the contact page, maybe it is worth a try.

C-P-User-3 wrote:
I could recognize each other's voice on the phone without giving either one of us our name

This is cool Cool | :cool:

I once printed out my TotalCommander license that I got per email by error, but for no reasons kept that print out - I also ditched the email since then, so this now yellow piece of paper served me several times already Big Grin | :-D

Germans say "Papier hat Geduld". (But I made a picture of it with my phone, just in case).

C-P-User-326-Apr-22 5:18

26-Apr-22 5:18

Rage wrote:
They also have a sales@vedit.com email from the contact page, maybe it is worth a try.

Duh,

Nice brain

Thanks

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Rage26-Apr-22 0:02

Rage

26-Apr-22 0:02

One thing maybe is to try and reach out over facebook - I cannot help here, I do not have an account.
There is also the shopping area with what seems to be another account possibility, maybe your credentials work there:
https://vedit.myshopify.com/collections/updates-upgrades[^]

C-P-User-326-Apr-22 5:18

26-Apr-22 5:18

Rage wrote:
... reach out over facebook - I cannot help here, I do not have an account.

Nor do I (silent wink, immediately looks the other way)

Rage wrote:
There is also the shopping area with what seems to be another account possibility, maybe your credentials work there:
https://vedit.myshopify.com/collections/updates-upgrades[^]

Yep // Saw that a few hours ago.

Might be worth it.

Richard MacCutchan26-Apr-22 0:07

Richard MacCutchan

26-Apr-22 0:07

You can find the documentation on this page: vEdit Universal File Editor Free Trial | vEdit, Inc.[^]

C-P-User-326-Apr-22 5:18

26-Apr-22 5:18

Thanks but that would be approximately the opposite of my purpose; it has a time limit on it.

And really, that time limit is about as fair and honest as they can be about it; if you like it, you can buy it, and if you don't like it, quit using it; and a sizeable fraction of those who do try it, do buy it, and I'm one of them.

I saw a $29 update/upgrade thing on the site somewhere. Maybe I'll get desperate.

At the moment, I'm just, well, like, majorly creeped out by the dead links, wrong phone numbers, E-Mail silence, and especially my disappearance in their database.

englebart26-Apr-22 5:19

englebart

26-Apr-22 5:19

Load up the debugger and set a breakpoint on license.DLL @1 verifyLicense(…) ?

C-P-User-326-Apr-22 11:34

Re: Apress e-books bundle

26-Apr-22 11:34

TAAA --- DAAAA

Thanks to all who tossed in some ideas.

I was able to get a message through.

Got an E-Mail back with magic numbers and the royal treatment.

I now have a fresh new copy of Vedit on my Windows 10 Machine.

Now I can rejoin the ranks of real nerds again.

Thank you each and every one.

We now resume our regular programming.

Apress e-books bundle

RickZeeland25-Apr-22 20:15

RickZeeland

25-Apr-22 20:15

Now on offer: 26 e-books for only €16.53
Humble Book Bundle: Mastering Microsoft Development by Apress (pay what you want and help charity)[^]

OriginalGriff25-Apr-22 20:50

OriginalGriff

25-Apr-22 20:50

Humble do some really good deals from time to time! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Re: Apress e-books bundle

Slow Eddie27-Apr-22 5:42

Slow Eddie

27-Apr-22 5:42

Thank you for the heads up. I just bought for $25.00. An incredible deal! Big Grin | :-D

Knowing that it supports some Charities is the icing on the cake. Smile | :)

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Vivi Chellappa

25-Apr-22 10:27

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25-Apr-22 14:27

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25-Apr-22 15:32

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OriginalGriff25-Apr-22 19:41

OriginalGriff

25-Apr-22 19:41

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25-Apr-22 20:57

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