Many installations keep a plain‑text license file that can be opened with any editor. The format changed slightly across releases, but for 6.8.0.2400 the file is readable.
| Platform | One‑liner to output Name and Key |
|----------|--------------------------------------|
| Windows PowerShell (admin) | powershell $(reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Edraw\EdrawMax" /v LicenseName; reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Edraw\EdrawMax" /v LicenseKey) |
| Windows Command Prompt | reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Edraw\EdrawMax" /v LicenseName & reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Edraw\EdrawMax" /v LicenseKey |
| macOS Terminal | defaults read "/Applications/Edraw Max.app/Contents/Resources/License/edrawmax.lic" Name && defaults read "/Applications/Edraw Max.app/Contents/Resources/License/edrawmax.lic" Key (works only if the .lic is a plist; otherwise cat the file) |
| Cross‑platform (Python 3) | python - <<'PY'\nimport configparser, pathlib\np = pathlib.Path(r'C:/Program Files/Edraw/Edraw Max/License/edrawmax.lic')\nif p.exists():\n cfg = configparser.ConfigParser(); cfg.read(p)\n print('Name:', cfg['License']['Name'])\n print('Key :', cfg['License']['Key'])\nPY | edraw max 6.8.0.2400 licence name and code
File: %APPDATA%\Edraw\Edraw Max\edrawmax.cfg For the full product key: