Is it still possible to reinstall v7.1.6 and get it to license?
I know it is very old, from 2009, but it should still be able to work.
Please contact me directly via the contact form on our Help pages:
https://help.clz.com/music/desktop/windows
Make sure to include your name and/or license key so I can find your account and send you further information.
Thanks. I’ll just summarise the answer I got for anyone else who wants to reinstall and old version of the software.
Despite buying a perpetual licence to use the software, I’m now told that because they have shutdown the license server, I have to purchase a subscription. The software works fine on Windows 11 but I can’t use it.
I don’t think that summary is fair.
We did not shutdown the license server.
We made all our servers more secure by moving all connections to HTTPS.
The old version v7 did not support HTTPS, only HTTP, so that is why it cannot connect to our license servers anymore.
I don’t think it is fair to expect from us that we keep our unsecured servers up and running just to support 16 year old software versions. In fact, I don’t think it is fair to expect 16 year old software to function AT ALL anymore.
So yes, to get your software working again, you need to purchase a subscription, so that you can install the latest version.
In fact, we have completely stopped the development of the legacy Collector desktop software quite a while ago (early 2023).
Our complete focus is on the CLZ Web web-based software and of course the CLZ mobile apps.
For use on your computer, the CLZ Web software is the way to go and we are recommending all desktop users to switch to the web-based software ASAP.
Since the new CLZ.com website, the legacy Collector desktop software has been removed from the site and is not available for new users anymore.
So my best recommendation would be to subscribe to our CLZ Music Web software.