Erasing BC license

[ribman]

I had the nasty experience that I moved my personal BC license to my work pc for a while and then when I was finished with it there, looked for a way to remove the license, didn't find one and finally uninstalled BC expecting it to destroy the license records. No. I later installed BC again, expecting to have to re-enter the license. No. It came up as fully registered. So my license key stayed resident in the pc even though I'd uninstalled the app. (Fortunately a short while later the entire hdd was scrubbed.) I would have expected BC to remember that it had been installed for purposes of stopping people un- and re-installing BC to clear the trial-license record, but if I move my license from my home pc to another one temporarily, I don't want my license lingering on that other computer after I leave. BC allows you to reload the license with another (valid) one, but doesn't allow you to blank the existing license. What can I do to erase my license?
Just reemphasizing: I want to erase my license off a pc, not the install history (I'm not trying to eliminate the trail period expiry).

[Chris]

You can clear your license out by deleting
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Scooter Software
from the registry.

You can run BC in single directory mode if you want to use it temporarily on a system. Copy the BC2.exe to a directory, create a BC2.key file, paste your license into it, and create a BC2.xml file to store your BC settings. This will allow BC to run without creating any registry entries.

[ribman]

excellent ... thanks. hope you guys are thinking about 3-way compares (usage eg: root, vers1, vers2). will browse the archive to see if anyone has chatted about this.
cheers
ribman

[Chris]

Three way file comparison is something we're working on for version 3. Three way folder comparison is on the wish list.

[ribman]

Would that mean a fee to upgrade from BC2 to BC3?
That would not be entirely unwelcome. I have 3 registered sharewares - BC2, TextPad and WinZip - and don't regret paying for any of them. BC2 is a "daily use" tool for me.

[Chris]

BC3 should be a free upgrade for users who purchased version 2 in the 12 months previous to the release of v3.

If I purchase BC2, and then BC 3.0 comes out 364 days later, I would be eligible to get 3.0 for free. But would I still be eligible to get the 3.x minor updates for free?

[Tim]

Yes, that's correct. :)