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# Manage your licenses using the command-line console

> Activate, deactivate, update, and inspect ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 licenses from the command line with the LicenseManager.Console.exe utility and its switches.

ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 includes a license management utility that allows you to manage your licenses from a command-line console. The utility executable is named `LicenseManager.Console.exe` and can be found in the following folder:

```text theme={null}
C:\Program Files\ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Servers\LicenseManager.Console.exe
```

The following is a list of commands that can be used to manage licenses from the console:

| Command                               | Description                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `/Help`                               | Displays the help screen.                                                                                                      |
| `/ListAvailableLicenses`              | Displays a list of all activated licenses.                                                                                     |
| `/Activate:SerialNumber`              | Activates a license with the specified serial number.                                                                          |
| `/ErrorIfActivated`                   | With `/Activate`: returns a non-zero exit code if a license with the specified number has already been activated.              |
| `/SaveActivationEMail:FileName`       | With `/Activate`: saves an activation email message to a file.                                                                 |
| `/LoadActivationFile`                 | With `/Activate`: activates a license using the specified activation file. `FileName` specifies the absolute path to the file. |
| `/Deactivate:SerialNumber`            | Deactivates a license with the specified serial number.                                                                        |
| `/Update:SerialNumber`                | Updates a license with the specified serial number.                                                                            |
| `/SetWorkingLicense:SerialNumber`     | Sets a license with the specified serial number as the working license.                                                        |
| `/ShowLicenseParameters:SerialNumber` | Displays the parameters of a license with the specified serial number.                                                         |
| `/LoadOnlineToken:FileName`           | Loads a license token from a file.                                                                                             |
| `/SaveOnlineToken:FileName`           | Saves a license token to a file.                                                                                               |

**Example**

```bat theme={null}
"C:\Program Files\ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Servers\LicenseManager.Console.exe" /Activate:DVRP-1234-0000-1111-2222-3333 /ErrorIfActivated /SaveActivationEMail:"C:\Temp\ActivationFile.txt"
```