Hello Alan,
Thank you for your feedback.
I went over the release notes and the biggest improvement that would help me would be the file transfer window operating faster, but I am not sure it is worth $500. I decided to just give it a try for a few days using the free license, and pay for the upgrade if it was worth it, but it limits me to 10, when I have 188.
Please note that all existing customers who purchased their licenses in 2019 and earlier are eligible for a 50% discount on upgrading their license key to version 7, so in case if you're updating a license key for 1-tech PRO license, the upgrade costs $250 with the discount applied, instead of $500. In addition, please note that you can test the upgraded Viewer within the 30-day trial period which is available after installing/upgrading your Viewer. For more information please see
this page.
If you've already registered your Viewer of version 7 with a free license key, you can reset it back to the trial period by resetting Viewer's configuration:
1. Fully exit the Viewer
File -> Exit.
2. Locate the file
config_4.xml in the
C:\Users\[Your_username]\AppData\Roaming\Remote Utilities Files\ folder.
Please note that the AppData folder might be hidden by default in which case you need to enable "Hidden files and folders" in Windows Explorer settings.
3. Remove the
config_4.xml file from that folder.
This will reset the Viewer settings, including any current license key, so your Viewer is reset back to the trial period. Your address books won't be affected by this action.
This way, it's possible to test out the upgraded Viewer of version 7 to see if you want to purchase an upgraded license.
As an alternative, you can also download
Portable Viewer of version 7 and import one of your address books or a few connections to it as described
here to test it out in the trial mode.
Portable Viewer is available for download on
this page as well.
Please note that in order for Remote Utilities to work properly, we recommend updating both Viewer and Host to the same version, as the version mismatch might lead to some features not working.
Hope that helps.