How to activate offline donation version in windows by command line

[acg]

Hi. I am installing the donation version by command line from a batch script, just like the instructions say:
https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#silent-installation

FreeFileSync_11.27_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.exe /silent


PD: I must clarify that I do not have internet during the installation

And my activation key is along with the installer:

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But when i start ffs the following activation window appears:

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How do I activate offline ffs donation version by command line?

[xCSxXenon]

Are you just coming up with cmd parameters on your own?
https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#silent-installation

[acg]

i have edited my question

[xCSxXenon]

Well when users just do completely random things with absolutely zero reason for them, sometimes the first step of troubleshooting is in regards to the user themself. I would appreciate it if users followed the proper syntax/instruction before running to the forum for help.

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[acg]

xCSxXenon. i have edited my question so that there are no more excuses to answer my answer.

[xCSxXenon]

You need internet to activate during the install

[acg]

An option to activate offline appears in the window, but this key does not exist (just an encrypted .key file)

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This option is supposed to do what it says to do.
If this option no longer works or I can't do it from the command line, then developers should remove this option from that window and clarify this point in the program's documentation, so as not to waste time asking useless questions and reading useless answers.

[xCSxXenon]

I would agree, but once I translated the Spanish, it looks like you can go to that link on another device with internet and get a password/key that you can enter to activate. Did you try that?

[acg]

I did not try this option. I will try it. Thanks. However the point is the same. Why there is a function/option in the program that does not work (offline activation).
If it doesn't work, the developers should remove it. And we avoid this conversation and the time spent
Proposal to find a way out of my question
Modify the activation window so that it allows uploading the .key file (provided with the donation version) and that, in future versions, offline activation is available by command line

[xCSxXenon]

I did not try this option.

Why there is a function/option in the program that does not work (offline activation).

It must be tried before it can be determined that it doesn't work

[acg]

Anyway, your solution is not related to the question, since the question is about "how to activate FFS offline" and your solution is "online activation (from another PC)"

[xCSxXenon]

Yes, I do see what you are saying there. It would be nice if the .key file contained that activation key that is generated from the link anyway

[acg]

What I don't understand is if both files (installer + .key) are in the same path, why doesn't the installer take the .key file and use it?
an unanswered question, because it obviously doesn't. If I did, the activation window would not appear

[xCSxXenon]

The .key file must contain something entirely unrelated to activation... I know that FFS has some non-functional changes when you donate, like it has your name and unique URLS in it. I wonder if the .key file is what contains those changes

[acg]

the .key file is encrypted

[therube]

How to activate offline donation version in windows by command line

If you do not have an active Internet connection, you cannot.

Having Donation, & having a valid key is not enough.
Still there is a (Internet based) check.

On the Internet-less end, you can generate a "request" that you can then "send" to FFS (from some other computer with Internet), that will then generate a further key (if I'm remembering correctly), that will then validate you (offline).

[Donation Edition] Activation - offline...
(My thread dealt with Portable, but from what you describe - without Internet, the same actually applies to the installer too.)

[acg]

Thanks to the interventions. I think the issue has already been resolved.
I definitely have to have internet to activate the donation version.