{"id":2033,"date":"2016-12-27T22:15:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cgmodelers.com\/blog\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2017-11-07T01:25:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T01:25:13","slug":"maya-license-was-not-obtained-error-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocoalopez.com\/blog\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Maya License was not obtained error FIX!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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License was not obtained<\/p>\n

License method:
\nenvironment variable MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=’standalone’<\/p>\n

Product choice:
\nenvironment variable MAYA_LICENSE=’657e1′<\/p>\n

License file override:
\nenvironment variable MAYA_ALT_EN is not set<\/p>\n

Just re-install your license.<\/p>\n

Assuming your on WinVista\/7\/8…:
\n1) Hit the start button. Type “services.msc” and run it.
\n2) In Services, right-click “FLEXnet Licensing” and click “Stop”.
\n3) Hit the start button again. Type “taskmgr.exe”
\n4) In the processes tab, look for “LMU.EXE”. If you see it, right-click it and select “End Process”.
\n5) Open an explorer window (or go to “My Computer”). In the address bar, type “C:\\ProgramData”
\n6) Delete the “FLEXnet” folder completely.
\n7) Relaunch Maya. It will have you re-activate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Solution 2<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to c:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Maya2013\\bin
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure you have administrative privileges<\/li>\n
  3. Edit the file “License.env” in notepad and reeplace it’s contents with this:
    \nMAYA_LICENSE=657f1
    \nMAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=standalone<\/li>\n
  4. Save the file<\/li>\n
  5. Start Maya and wait for authorization window<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0 License was not obtained License method: environment variable MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=’standalone’ Product choice: environment variable MAYA_LICENSE=’657e1′ License file override: environment variable MAYA_ALT_EN is not set Just re-install your license. Assuming your on WinVista\/7\/8…: 1) Hit the start button. Type “services.msc” and run it. 2) In Services, right-click “FLEXnet Licensing” and click “Stop”. 3) Hit the start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[564,597,791],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-vida-en-tokyo","tag-lmu","tag-maya-license","tag-relaunch-maya"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cocoalopez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/image_thumb1.png?fit=409%2C270&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XJix-wN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4574,"url":"https:\/\/cocoalopez.com\/blog\/?p=4574","url_meta":{"origin":2033,"position":0},"title":"The maya license you’re using is not valid fix","author":"cgmodeler","date":"May 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Found this on a forum and thought i'd share. 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