3 simple ways lớn find your Windows 10 sản phẩm key
Have sầu you lost your Windows 10 product key? You can find it listed in the operating system itself with a little know-how & just a few simple commands.
For most users, particularly with Microsoft Windows 10, the last operating system you will ever need, there has been no need for hàng hóa keys because there has been no “new” version of Windows. When this article was first published in August 2021, Windows 11 was a pending release – now that it’s available, we have tips on how lớn find your sản phẩm key in Windows 11. However, some users may still need lớn know their Windows 10 sản phẩm key.
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Your Windows 10 product key should be listed on a sticker located on your computer hardware somewhere—typically in the most inaccessible spot possible. But before you go crawling behind your desk looking for a 25-digit alphanumeric code printed in fine print on the backside of your PC, there are less strenuous ways to traông chồng down your Windows 10 product key.
This how-khổng lồ tutorial shows you how khổng lồ find your Windows 10 hàng hóa key using the power of the operating system itself.
How to find your Windows 10 product key
Before we begin, note that the success of any of these methods is largely dependent on how your PC was activated. If you activated Windows 10 by upgrading from a valid Windows 7 or 8 installation or with the computer’s recent purchase, you are likely to lớn find the sản phẩm key with most of these methods. However, if your PC was activated as part of an organization’s licensing agreement, finding a sản phẩm key may be more problematic.
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1. Command prompt
The most direct method for finding your Windows 10 sản phẩm key is from the comm& line. Type “cmd” inlớn the Windows 10 desktop tìm kiếm box và then right-clichồng the commvà line result và select “run as administrator” from the context thực đơn. Type this commvà at the prompt:
wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKeyAs you can see in Figure A, the command will display your current Windows 10 sản phẩm key.
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Figure A
2. PowerShell
If you are using Windows 10 PowerShell, the process is similar. Right-click the Start Menu button and then select Windows PowerShell (Admin) from the context thực đơn. Type this command at the prompt khổng lồ reveal the hàng hóa key as shown in Figure B.
powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService").OA3xOriginalProductKey"Figure B
3. Registry File
As you might imagine, the sản phẩm key is stored in the Windows 10 Registry File, so it is possible to lớn find the code there if you know the right key. Type “regedit” inkhổng lồ the Windows 10 desktop tìm kiếm & select the appropriate thành tích in the results. Navigate to this key:
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionSoftwareProtectionPlatformAs you can see in Figure C, the BackupProductKeyDefault key will reveal a valid Windows 10 sản phẩm key.
Figure C
Note: In my case, the Windows 10 product key displayed by both the commvà prompt và PowerShell methods are the same. In the registry example, however, the hàng hóa keys is different. The best explanation I can suggest is that because I upgraded from Home lớn Pro on the example PC, the hàng hóa key displayed is for the tăng cấp to lớn Pro (or vice versa). If you have sầu a better solution, please let us know in the discussion.
There are third-tiệc ngọt vendors offering applications that can locate & display your Windows 10 sản phẩm key as well, but they essentially vì the same thing we did here without involving someone else’s programming & potential security issues. Also, keep in mind that if you bought Windows 10 from the Microsoft Store, your tài khoản order history would have sản phẩm key information available.
