I use VcPE free 1 yr trial for teaching COBOL at the local community college.  I've uninstalled all older versions and now have VS2022 Community and VcPE 9.0 installed.

I can't get past the license issue(s):

When trying to create a new cobol project, I get

then when trying to get the MF VcPE license in using the xml file, it doesn't accept it and I get:

I've uninstalled, reinstalled, repaired both . . . tried MF Support, but the trials don't get support anymore.

I've got 25 students with the same issue and I have to get everyone up and running ASAP.

Any suggestions are welcome. 

VcPE educational trial has worked in the classroom for me for more than 10 yrs.  I liked it because it exposed the student to VS, MIcrofocus, and cobol - a boon for them when they go into the workforce. Maybe I need to look at other products to use for the course?

Finally manually executed the License Administration module (C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus\\Licensing\\CesAdminTool.exe

browsed to the provided xml licensing file and the license was added successfully.

Hi Lisa,

How were you trying to install the license where it failed, prior to using the License Adminstration tool?

Thanks