Get-keys.bat: [2021]

For IT departments, tracking licenses across hundreds of machines is difficult. A customized get-keys.bat can be deployed via group policy to scan workstations and report back with keys for products like Office 2016, 2019, or 2021. 3. Migrating Settings

A popular, free GUI utility from NirSoft for finding lost keys. get-keys.bat

file (using a text editor like Notepad) before execution to ensure it does not contain malicious commands, such as those that delete files or exfiltrate sensitive data. Conclusion While seemingly a simple utility, get-keys.bat For IT departments, tracking licenses across hundreds of

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| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | "No key found" | Generic key in BIOS (OEM) or volume license | | Access denied | Run as Administrator | | Blank output | Use registry decoding method instead | | Windows 7 | Use registry method only |

for %%p in (%office_reg_paths%) do ( if exist "%%p" ( for /f "delims=" %%g in ('dir /b "%%p"') do ( reg query "%%p%%g" /v DigitalProductId > nul 2>&1 if not errorlevel 1 ( echo Found Office installation in: %%p%%g echo Attempting key extraction... :: Call a VBS snippet to decode Office key (similar logic) echo Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > "%tempvbs%" echo regPath = "%%p%%g\DigitalProductId" >> "%tempvbs%" echo DigitalProductId = WshShell.RegRead(regPath) >> "%tempvbs%" echo ' Office key decoding (simplified) echo map = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789" >> "%tempvbs%" echo KeyOutput = "" >> "%tempvbs%" echo For i = 24 To 0 Step -1 >> "%tempvbs%" echo cur = 0 >> "%tempvbs%" echo For j = 14 To 0 Step -1 >> "%tempvbs%" echo cur = cur * 256 >> "%tempvbs%" echo cur = cur + DigitalProductId(j + 52) >> "%tempvbs%" echo DigitalProductId(j + 52) = (cur \ 24) >> "%tempvbs%" echo cur = cur Mod 24 >> "%tempvbs%" echo Next >> "%tempvbs%" echo KeyOutput = Mid(map, cur + 1, 1) ^^^& KeyOutput >> "%tempvbs%" echo Next >> "%tempvbs%" echo For i = 0 To 4 >> "%tempvbs%" echo KeyOutput = Left(KeyOutput, 5 * i + 4) ^^^& "-" ^^^& Mid(KeyOutput, 5 * i + 5) >> "%tempvbs%" echo Next >> "%tempvbs%" echo WScript.Echo " " ^^^& Left(KeyOutput, Len(KeyOutput) - 1) >> "%tempvbs%" cscript //nologo "%tempvbs%" del "%tempvbs%" 2>nul ) ) ) )

$key=$map[$r]+$key; if(($i %% 5) -eq 0 -and $i -ne 0)$key='-'+$key;