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Chris Raisin
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After installing the latest release of VS Community 2019 Preview (16.6.0 Preview 4.0) I am asked to sign in to my Microsoft account but it will not let me do it.
I fixed this by going into my CURRENT version of VS and performed an "Update License" (Even though it was not showing as expired)
Very strange!Back into the New version, it now signed in automatically, but I still had an error showing against License. It also says my Evaluation period has expired (although I was under the impression I had a Lifelong subscription which is working fine in the current release). I clicked on "Check for an updated License"
It then stated that it could not update the license!
The settings under Tools/Options/Accounts is as follows:
I am unable to delete the Azure Cloud (I am unsure if I actually have an active Azure setup).
My current WORKING VS Version is as follows:
How can I get this latest release licensed correctly to appear the same as the last graphic?
(It does not appear to stop me from using the new version, again very strange!)
The third last graphic is closed via the button "Exit Visual Studio" but it does not actually exit the running program. If the license was really expired, it WOULD close the running VS program. I suspect there is a bug in the license renewal process in the latest release (Version 16.6.0 Preview 4.0)
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