Are you tired of facing “IDM Has been registered with a Fake Serial number Error”? – If yes, then just go through this post. IDM is being widely used by millions of users across the world but suddenly a recent update of IDM has brought difficulties for users who were running illegal copies of IDM by means of fake serial keys or patches which has nearly created an atmosphere of tension for extreme downloader’s. While using IDM they are now getting a pop up message “Internet Download Manager has been registered with a fake Serial Number. Be aware that the cracked product may work incorrectly and download files with error. Thus we advise you to purchase the full-featured product.” in every 5-10 minutes which is quite annoying to face.
After several re installation and uninstallation or even after clearing the registry files they have not gained any success thus far so if you are one of them then you don’t need to worry anymore as here we are going to provide you with a simple and easy trick that will resolve your problem within minutes.
IDM Has been registered with a Fake Serial number – Best Methods to Fix this Error
Method – 1 : Editing Hosts File
This is one of the most commonly employed trick to fix the error “IDM has been registered with a fake serial number” where you simply need to edit Windows host file.
Note – Please Close IDM Completely such that no process is using IDM you can terminate IDM Application from Task Manager.
Steps to Follow :
- Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
- Right click on the host file and select open with notepad.
Note – If you are not able to open hosts file with notepad then Right Click on the hosts file and select properties -> Click security button -> Click on Users and Edit -> Again Select Users -> Check mark the box “Full control” and now you can open the hosts file with open notepad.
- Paste the following code at the end of notepad file
127.0.0.1 www.internetdownloadmanager.com
- Click on File -> Save
- After this again open Properties of hosts file -> Check the mark read only
- That’s all and you are all done.
Method – 2 : Easiest Working trick
It has been found that in most of the cases editing the hosts file doesn’t fix the problem from root and may appear again therefore in such case you can follow the below procedure to get 100% results.
Steps to Follow :
- Open your IDM installation directory
- Here look for “IDMGrHlp.exe” file
Note – To be able to view your file extensions you first need to enable the option by going through Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> Uncheck the option Hide extensions for known file types
- Rename the file “IDMGrHlp.exe” to any name of your choice or you can simply delete it.(I would suggest you to delete it)
Note – If you delete the file then there would be a new pop up each time you open IDM stating “IDM cannot find 1 files that are necessary for browser and system integration. Please reinstall IDM“.
- Now Search for the file “idmBroker.exe”
- Make a duplicate copy of this file and Rename the duplicate file to “IDMGrHlp.exe”
- That’s all and you are all done.
- Restart your system and start downloading your files with IDM.
If you still can’t fix the error by following above given steps just drop your email by commenting below and I will provide you with fresh IDM Setup that will 100% fix your problem.