Uninstalling Paid Software

[Mashkal]

So I'm doing a disk cleanup by uninstalling some old programs that I no longer use, and I noticed Visual Studio 2010. It is the only premium software that I have on this computer (other than Windows 7 + Steam games).

Anyway, I am wondering if there is a way to retrieve the product key before uninstalling so that I can use the key again if I choose to reinstall it in the future. I know that Visual Studio is not bound to hardware like Windows or Office, but the only thing I found in the program was that the program was registered to my name. At this point, it's not particularly important with the 2015 'Community Edition' which is free and has all the features of premium anyway, but I'd still like to have my 2010 key just in case.

Out of curiousity, is it similar for other paid programs?

[techguru]

So I'm doing a disk cleanup by uninstalling some old programs that I no longer use, and I noticed Visual Studio 2010. It is the only premium software that I have on this computer (other than Windows 7 + Steam games).

Anyway, I am wondering if there is a way to retrieve the product key before uninstalling so that I can use the key again if I choose to reinstall it in the future. I know that Visual Studio is not bound to hardware like Windows or Office, but the only thing I found in the program was that the program was registered to my name. At this point, it's not particularly important with the 2015 'Community Edition' which is free and has all the features of premium anyway, but I'd still like to have my 2010 key just in case.

Out of curiousity, is it similar for other paid programs?

have you tried any of the product key viewing programs?

[Nonco]

Not sure if it will work for Visual Studio, but one software gets some microsoft keys is ProduKey. Might be worth a try

[Evident]

I'm not sure if it will come up with the product key or not, but you could try using KeyFinder by Magical Jelly Bean. It's the software I use to locate all of my product keys.

https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

[Mashkal]

Thanks for the info everyone, I was not aware that such utilities existed. Produkey worked for me.