License Key issues after ReSharper 10/2016.x upgrade

Please follow through this article to troubleshoot most common License Keys issues after ReSharper 10 upgrade.

General License Keys and JBA issues with ReSharper 10

Depending on environment, active licenses available and installed products, the general troubleshooting steps to fix the issues are:

• Close all VS instances and JetBrains dotX products
• Launch single VS instance
• Open ReSharper | Help | License Information dialog
• Open 'Manage JB account' dialog
• Log out from JetBrains Account there
• Log in with JBA back
• Gently close all dialogs

Doing this will re-request the actual License Keys and in most cases will activate ReSharper and other tools normally.

Note: if using JBA is not an option for you, please use the Offline Activation Code as follows: open your account on https://account.jetbrains.com/, click on "Download activation code for offline usage" and then enter the code from the downloaded file in "License Information | Manage License Keys" dialog.

ReSharper prompts to re-login in JetBrains Account on every VS start

This may happen if the new JetBrains 'Toolbox' All Products License is associated with JetBrains Account used in Visual Studio, and several products are installed: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RSRP-450387

For workaround, please open your account on https://account.jetbrains.com/, click on "Download activation code for offline usage" and then enter the code from the downloaded file in "License Information | Manage License Keys" dialog.

Note: Do not forget to uncheck "Use JB account" checkbox after that.

Your license key cannot be found in the JetBrains database

If you are getting "Your license key cannot be found in the JetBrains database" error when trying to convert the legacy key, please use this form to convert it:

https://www.jetbrains.com/shop/eform/keys-exchange

In case the key is not accepted by the form, please double check that you do not have a typo in it, try to copy/paste without LICENSE BEGIN/END lines.

Contact the sales team so that they can check your key if all the above doesn't help.

Activation code error License server response: First name must be specified to exchange your license

This error message can be seen on the 1st launch of ReSharper 10, with a Commercial License Key from ReSharper 9.2; meaning that ReSharper wasn't able to automatically convert the License Key to the new format.

To do that manually, please open ReSharper | Help | License Information | Click on "Spanner" icon for "Use License Keys" section | Click "Request Activation Code" | File fields with your data and click OK.