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Beyond Compare 4 Trial Reset
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare 4" /v CacheID /f
@sfksuperman
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Deleting the registry does what?

@kuldeep-capsitech
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Deleting the registry does what?

overall the timer will be reset, they store the usage start date and usage days

@sfksuperman
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Deleting the registry does what?

overall the timer will be reset, they store the usage start date and usage days

Now, using version 5. What's the trick for version 5?

@GeorgeK1ng
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Change 4 to 5 in command.

@sfksuperman
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Change 4 to 5 in command.

Working, thanks. I hope we get working license somehow ๐Ÿ˜‹

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GeorgeK1ng commented Oct 5, 2025

You can create automated cleanup. So you will have constant 30 days to left and you will never see remaining days dialog.

bc.cmd

@echo off
title Beyond Compare Trial Reset
cls
REM Usage: create_bc_cleanup_tasks.cmd [HH:MM] (default 09:00)

setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
if "%~1"=="" (set "TASK_TIME=09:00") else (set "TASK_TIME=%~1")

REM For each Beayond Compare version
for %%V in (3 4 5 6) do (
reg query "HKCU\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare %%V" >nul 2>&1
if not errorlevel 1 (
set "TN=Beyond Compare %%V Trial Reset"
schtasks /Delete /TN "!TN! (Daily)" /F >nul 2>&1
schtasks /Delete /TN "!TN! (At Logon)" /F >nul 2>&1
schtasks /Create /TN "!TN! (Daily)" /SC DAILY /ST %TASK_TIME% /TR "reg delete "HKCU\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare %%V" /v CacheID /f" /F
schtasks /Create /TN "!TN! (At Logon)" /SC ONLOGON /TR "reg delete "HKCU\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare %%V" /v CacheID /f" /F
)
)

echo Done.

pause

@evrymarkc
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How about just buy the damn thing? It's cheap and a lifesaver

@sfksuperman
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How about just buy the damn thing? It's cheap and a lifesaver

No thanks ๐Ÿ˜

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