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Hey, look it’s raining. No, no you don’t need an umbrella – it isn’t raining water… it is raining freebies. Back in July I posted an article explaining how everyone can get eXPert PDF Pro 6 for free. The article involved a trick that turned the Italian version of eXPert PDF Pro 6 into the English version. However, the promotion was shutdown before everyone could get take advantage of it. If you are one of the unfortunate few that missed out earlier, fret no longer; thanks to a dotTechie named Roy, there is now another similar eXPert PDF Pro 6 promotion. However, this time it is Deutsche style.
For those that don’t know about it already, eXPert PDF Pro 6 is an all-in-one PDF suite that allows users to create, edit, convert, modify, etc. PDFs. Here are all the features of eXPert PDF Pro 6 as per the developer:
To get eXPert PDF Pro 6 for free, follow these simple directions:
Version being given out for free: v6.31
Free updates: Yes! (Probably only minor updates only, though)
Support OS: Windows 2000 and higher (32-bit and 64-bit)
Download size: Two separate downloads of 25 MB and 24 MB each
- Visit the Avanquest eXPert PDF Pro 6 promotion page and register:
The registration page is in German. If you don’t understand German, here is a rough translation:
- After you have submitted the registration form, you should get the following screen:
That screen means you have successfully submitted the registration form and now need to check your e-mail inbox for an e-mail from Avanquest.
- Check the inbox of the e-mail address you entered. There should be an e-mail kontakt@avanquest.de with the subject of Ihre Expert PDF Pro 6 Seriennummer: E-Mail-Bestätigung. In the e-mail there will be a link you have to follow to confirm your e-mail address with Avanquest:
Click on the link (or copy + paste the URL in your web browser).
- After you click on the link in the e-mail, the license key for eXPert PDF Pro 6 will be displayed to you:
- Download both the German and English versions (German download | English download) of eXPert PDF Pro 6. You need both versions because the license key will only work in the German version and non-German speaking dotTechies can convert eXPert PDF Pro 6 to English using the English version (after they have installed and registered the German version).
- After the downloads finish, run the German version installer (eXPertPDF_V6-DEU.exe) and install eXPert PDF Pro 6. During installation you will be asked to enter the license key you received earlier. If you don’t understand German, here is a step-by-step guide on how to install eXPert PDF Pro 6 (just follow the arrows =D):
- After you have installed the German version of eXPert PDF Pro 6, the program should start up automatically and ask for to check for updates. Click “Cancel”…
…and close any open eXPert PDF Pro 6 windows.
- Run the English installer (eXPertPDF_V6-ENG.exe). You will be asked to either “Repair” or “Remove” the program. Select “Repair”:
- Enjoy! You now have a fully functioning, registered copy of eXPert PDF Pro 6 (in English)!
- (Optional) After everything has been installed, be sure to run eXPert PDF Pro Editor, go to “Tools” -> “Check for updates” and download any updates available; there are updates available.
- (Optional) After all is set and done, you may want to read my article on How To: Fix some eXPert PDF Pro annoyances (prevent PDF Printer from starting on boot and turn it off automatically when you are done using it) to make a few tweaks to eXPert PDF Pro.
If you have any trouble getting eXPert PDF Pro 6 for free, post below and other dotTechies or I will try to help.
Thanks Roy!
Thanks for this. One prob : the English v will not install. German one did fine, and have put in rego number, but English v gives message saying it’s not a valid file. Have downloaded three separate times in case download was faulty, but it’s full mg amount and seems fine. But each time, no go. Don’t know if I’ll be able to use in German so would appreciate any help or info. Thanks.
@PapyLuc: Perfect update without any problem (>>> 6.32).
Many thanks and for the clear visual instructions. Followed that and everything installed
fine. Remember to install and activate the German version first, then select “repair” when
you run the English version. Updated to version 6.32. Thanks.
I registered, downloaded the German and English versions. But when I try to run it, it says that it is not a valid Win32 application. I am running Windows 7 64 bits version. Am I doing something wrong?
I just tried to download both the German & English versions & the downloads but the size for both were “0″;
tried downloading them twice & same results. And yet some some people could not & some could?
Still works after 2.5 years of the promotion
The German version won’t install on my Vista PC. During the install I receive an error message. It’s in German and I think it says that there is a version 7 available and won’t let me install version 6.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dan
Try the version 7 see:
http://dottech.org/freebies/windows-freebies/73652/free-avanquest-expert-pdf-pro-7/
BUT READ the comments FIRST!!!
VERSION 7 HAS NO EDITOR, SO YOU MAY WANT TO STAY WITH VERSION 6. That’s the bad news; the good new is that THE ABOVE STEPS FOR GETTING VERSION 6 DOWNLOADED, REGISTERED, AND OF COURSE INSTALLED (first in German and then in English) ARE ALL STILL WORKING PERFECTLY!!!!!! Just don’t try to update the German version or else the English version will not install over it; I know because I learned it the hard way and had to uninstall it and start again. And don’t forget to update the English version when you’re through (there is no catch-22 there, just a free update); I now have version 6.32 as of today thanks to Ashraf.
@Dan: I also got a Germen error message when installing the German version, but I just clicked on through and everything proceeded as if there had been no problem. Yours might be something different, of course, so you might want to see if Google can translate it for you if it is keeping you from installing.
@internetexplorer:
From which page did you download eXPert PDF Pro 6, which link, and what file name? I had dl’ed eXPertPDF_V6-DEU.exe, but it would not continue the installation without a serial number. I put in the serial I got from the link on the same dottech page, but it said it was a false #…..
Did you already have an older version installed?
@janetb
If you got the serial and downloads from the links on this page (above), then you got the same ones that I did. Your German file name is the same as mine, and the English one is identical except for ENG in place of DEU. Yes I did have version 5.1 already installed, and it required that to be removed before it would let me install 6.2. It shouldn’t make any difference, but I am running 64-bit Win7 Home Premium on AMD multi-core. I do not have an answer for why the German version won’t take the key from you, but if you are typing it the first thing I would change would be to copy and paste it instead. Also, if I remember right, there was a “Microsoft” in the “name” box, which I left alone, so if you changed it, try putting it back to that. One other thought, if you were off-line while trying to install it, you may need to keep your internet connection open for it to phone home. I hope some of this helps and I wish you the best of luck.
@janetb:
Oops, one other thought: since i know from installing this on two computers that they are giving unique license keys, not just the same one for everybody in the promotion that I sometimes encounter, you may simply want to start all over again and get a different key and see if that doesn’t fix your problem. If not, one other suggestion I have is to be very careful not to grab any extra character with the copying of the key, not even a space at one or the other end of the 24 digit alphanumeric, split into 6 groups of 4 each separated by a hyphen. If worse comes to worst, I can give you one I’m not using and not likely to need.
@internetexplorer:
:-(
I also have 64-bit Win7 Home Premium.
I always copy/paste.
I’m always on line.
Interestingly enough, my name appeared in the name field. I changed it now to Microsoft (totally weird that MS appeared there for you!!!), to no avail.
Only difference seems to be that you had 5.1 installed. I did the most thorough uninstall with Revo to remove all traces for a clean install of 7 (which, as you know unexpectedly turned out to be without the editor).
:-(
Still waiting to hear fron Avanquest and Visagesoft.
@internetexplorer:
I’ve started over three times….Each time I was sent the same serial code (which does not work):
6122-0411-YMBT-R8MP-Z455-P5DN
Is that anything like either of yours?
@Janetb: Sure enough, your code no. is the same as one of mine, so it was a working key earlier this week. Another one I have is BBBC-E384-BC6A-40AD-C29F-EDA7; this is from a prior install of a few months ago on another computer, so I don’t know if will work now or not. I thought I had a third one, but it turned out to be the same as one of the above.I also don’t know if this will help your particular case or not, but I have seen anti-virus programs that can interfere with installations, possibly due to their constant scanning, so you might try turning your A-V off when you run setup (and if you haven’t already, running it as administrator may be of some use as well.). My other suggestion would be to make doubly sure your clipboard has gotten the code exactly right, including that it does not contain any extra space, etc. If all else fails, you could even re-register with the vendor (@ a new email?) in order to get a new license key. Once again, good luck. BTW, my curiosity has been piqued by all of this, so please let me know how things turn out. I hate to say it, but there are so many combinations and permutations of these variables that it would be a lengthy process to run through them all, so let’s hope one of my ideas works so you don’t have to check each one out separately.
@internetexplorer:
So they apparently are not giving unique keys…..
The BBBC one you have is the one I originally registered the program with way-back-when….I had tried that as well…..
I was eventually able to install the “archive version” of 6 on the Visagesoft site, but it gives you a window when you open it that says it is a trial version, and I have not been able to find any place in the program menu to register…..
I’m still hoping to hear back from either Avanquest or Visagesoft….Will give them till Mon due to July 4 holiday….WIll report back on results.
@Janetb: Thanks for the update; will keep looking as well.
just tried the above instructions and got a serial number that worked just fine as did the repair to ENG language and the updates to 6.33 now.
@TK: Thx for the update!
@TK:
What installation did you use the new code on? I mean, did you install it just now from above, or was it installed from 2010 when the article was first published?
A very belated “Thanks!” to Ashraf! I thought I already had this program, but it was another PDF program with a similar name.
As with TK, I also was able to download/install this, with Ashraf’s great tutorial, just now (for the first time), and then made the two tweaks as suggested in the How to Fix article.
If it helps anyone else, the serial number I was sent was the same as one previously mentioned: 6122-0411-YMBT-R8MP-Z455-P5DN.