As soon as you purchase your Ultimate Suite license, you will receive an e-mail from us with your personal license key. Please have this e-mail at hand before starting the activation process.
If you need to activate your Add-ins Collection for Outlook, please follow these activation instructions.
To enter the Ablebits license key and unlock the program, please follow the instructions below.
Ultimate Suite: Start the Product Activation Wizard
To activate the add-in, run Microsoft Excel. Go to the Ablebits Data tab and click the far left Buy Now button. In the drop-down menu, select the Enter License Key... option:
Activate your license
- On the first step of the Product Activation Wizard, click the Next button:
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On the second step, you are to pick the activation process:
- Automatic activation process lets you activate the add-in quickly and easily. Internet connection should be established.
- You can use Manual activation process if something went wrong with automatic activation. Internet connection is needed as well.
Choose the method you prefer and click Next.
Automatic activation process
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On step 3 of the wizard, enter your License Name and License Key (that you received in an email from us) into the corresponding fields:
Note. Please make sure to copy and paste the entire Ablebits license key and not to leave out any symbols.Click the Next button.
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Your license is activated!
Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.Tip. If automatic activation fails for any reason, please try the Manual activation process.
Manual activation process
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On step 3 of the wizard, enter your License Name and License Key (that you received in an email from us) into the corresponding fields.
Сlick the Go button to get your Activation Code:
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In your browser, you will have the Activation Server opened. Copy the entire activation code from the Activation Server:
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Paste the activation code into the Activation Code field:
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Your license is activated!
Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.
Troubleshooting
If there is no internet connection
Sometimes you may need to activate your license on a PC that has no internet connection. There is a way to do it, but you'll need to have at hand another computer with internet connection established.
- On the PC on which you want to activate your license, select Manual activation process on the the second step of the Activation Wizard and click on the Next button.
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On step 3 of the Activation wizard, copy the Hardware ID number:
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On any PC connected to the Internet, open the activation server page:
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On the activation page:
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Enter your license key (that you received in an email from us) and click the Submit button:
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Enter your Hardware ID (from Manual activation - step 3) and click the Submit button:
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The activation server will generate an activation code and will show it in the Your new activation code field:
- Save the activation code.
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Enter your license key (that you received in an email from us) and click the Submit button:
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Go back to the computer on which you want to activate your license and to step 3 of the Activation Wizard. Paste the activation code into the Activation Code field, and click the Next button:
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Your license is activated!
Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.
Activation limit exceeded
When you activate the Ablebits add-in in any of the described ways, you may get a message that activation limit exceeded. The thing is that after you install the program and activate it with your Ablebits license key, our activation server associates the key with your computer hardware ID. When you install the product on another machine or reinstall it on the same one, the activation server regards it as a new activation or reactivation. When the activation/reactivation limit is exceeded, your key can be automatically blocked. In this case, please contact us at support@ablebits.com.
Responses
So how do I activate this product? Every time I go through the wizard I get to step three and it locks up my Excel saying it can't find one of the dlls. I've tried uninstalling it and my computer won't let me uninstall it. I've purchased a license, so it either needs to work, or I want my money back and my Excel fixed. I've spent an hour on this crap and I have work to do.
Hello Chris,
Thank you for contacting us. I'm really sorry that you are having difficulties with our add-in.
Please try to add the entire Ultimate Suite for Microsoft Excel folder to the whitelist of your antivirus program.
In case you have any other questions or need further assistance, please feel free to email us at support@ablebits.com.
I just purchased the software and activated it on my laptop. However, when I attempt to use Excel on my travel 2-in-1 Laptop which is signed in under the same Microsoft Office license, it does not show my Ablebits being active.
Hello Hunter,
Thank you for your message. I have checked our database and it shows 2 successful activations. Yet, I should mention that Ultimate Suite is designed for Windows only and doesn't work on Chromebook or the Surface Pro X. If this is not your case, please send us your system environment details to support@ablebits.com. Thank you.
I purchased the Ablebits Ultimate Suite for Excel in February, 2020. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 I am must now trying to activate it but I am getting that my subscription key is not valid. HELP!
Hello Joan,
I've just sent you your upgraded license details via email. Please check your Inbox. Thank you.
Hi
I just received the email with the license key, but every time I copy and paste it into the box a message comes up "sorry, the license key you have entered is incorrect. Please copy and paste your license key from the registration message." Can you please help.
Hi Chris,
Thank you for contacting us. I am really sorry that you are having difficulties with activation.
Please uninstall the current version of Ultimate Suite via Control Panel, download and install the latest version of the product compatible with your new key using this direct link:
https://www.ablebits.com/files/get.php?addin=xl-suite
Then try to activate the add-in again. If you still have any difficulties, please contact us back for further assistance.
Hi,
I'm about to have my laptop formatted and a new OS installed, how do I disassociate the license key, temporarily, till after the install?
I just don't want the servers to think I've installed it twice.
Thanks,
David
Hi David,
I've replied to your question directly by email. Please check your Inbox.
If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to email us back.
If I purchase the program I will want to install it on my office desktop and also my travel laptop. Will I be have to purchase two licenses to do this? I will only be using one at a time.
Hello Thomas,
Thank you for your interest in our product.
If you purchase the personal edition of Ultimate Suite, you are allowed to install and activate the tool on 2 machines with the same license key.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Hi,
I purchased and installed on my old laptop and now I need to install this on my new laptop as well. Please help.
Warm Regards
Fehmeed Quaiyumi
Hi Fehmeed,
Please send us your order number to support@ablebits.com and our specialists will provide you with the detailed instructions how to install and activate the product you have a license for.
Thank you.
What happens if I change computers? How would I ensure it is removed from the old computer and can be installed on the new one?
Hi, Heather,
Thank you for using Ablebits tools.
To ensure the add-in is removed from your old computer, delete it via Control Panel, here you will find the detailed instructions.
When the add-in is uninstalled from your old machine, install it on your new one and activate your license again.
If you face any problem with license activation, please contact our support team at support@ablebits.com
Thank you.
I purchaced a license using my personal paypal (on my companies google account) and when I go to activate is states that the subscription is expired. Please Help!
Thank you for reporting this problem to us, Bret.
I'm sorry to hear you're unable to activate your subscription.
I replied to you directly via email regarding the problem.
Please check your Spam/Junk/Trash folders if you don't see the message in your Inbox.