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How To: Deauthorize one or more of multiple concurrent or single-use licenses.
Summary
Instructions provided describe how to deauthorize one or more single-use or multiple concurrent-use licenses. The commands described here return (deauthorize) only the license(s) specified. Multiple licenses may be returned by entering comma-delimited authorization numbers.
Procedure
Concurrent-use licenses
1. To deauthorize concurrent-use licenses, verify that SoftwareAuthorizationLS.exe exists in "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\License10.0\bin\".
2. Open a command prompt window, and change the path to C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\License10.0\bin\
3. Run the following command to deauthorize the software silently:
• Windows example:
SoftwareAuthorizationLS.exe -s -return EFL123456789,EFL987654321
• Unix example:
SoftwareAuthorizationLS -S -return EFL123456789,EFL987654321
Single-use licenses
1. To deauthorize a single-use license, verify that SoftwareAuthorization.exe exists in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin".
2. Open a command prompt window, and change the path to C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin
3. Run the following command to deauthorize the software silently:
SoftwareAuthorization.exe -return ESU123456789,ESU987654321 /s
Related Information
Last Modified: 5/5/2016
Article ID: 000011326
Software: ArcGIS - ArcEditor 10 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 10 ArcGIS - ArcView 10