Markdown Monster can be downloaded and evaluated for free, but a license must be purchased for continued use. Licenses are per user, rather than per machine, so a licensed user can use Markdown Monster on as many computers as needed. Various license packs and an organizational license are also available to use Markdown Monster for an unlimited number of installations within a single organization.

Licenses are valid for the major version for which it was purchased such as v1.0 to v1.99.

For pricing and purchasing of a license please check this link:

• Markdown Monster Pricing and Purchases

Registering

Purchases provide you with a Registration Key that you can apply to a Markdown Monster installation. To register your instance of Markdown Monster:

• Open Markdown Monster
• Go to Help → Software Registration
• Enter your Registration Key into the text box

Here's what the registration form looks like:

Once registered the (Unregistered) header disappears from the toolbar and all of the registration reminder dialog popups no longer pop up.

Each Machine Requires Registration

If you install Markdown Monster on multiple machines, each machine requires its own registration - registrations are never shared across machines due to the machine specific registration key even if you share configuration settings.

Registration Checks

Due to the high volume of fraudulent license attempts Markdown Monster now validates licenses occasionally. In order to validate a license an Internet Connection is required. Licenses are checked once a week, and if not online are flagged for removal if the next online license check fails as well.

Once a license is removed Markdown Monster reverts back to Unregistered mode with registration reminders and some advanced features disabled. To restore the license, you have to re-enter your license information in the registration form.

We realize that this may cause an occasional un-registration of a valid license, but with registration rates running close to 1-100 with registered vs. fake registrations we needed a mechanism to disallow bypassing the registration check mechanism.

Key Storage

When Markdown Monster is registered it registers the current instance with a machine specific key that is stored on your local hard drive as Registered.key.

• In the Markdown Monster Local App Data Folder (%localappdata%\Markdown Monster)

Long Time Users may see Registration lost after Updates

If you're a long time user of Markdown Monster, you may run into a problem with an existing registration not being recognized after an update.

The reason for this is a change in how Markdown Monster is installed: We moved the location %localappData%\Markdown Monster to Program Files\Markdown Monster and the install folder is now completely deleted and reinstalled on updates. Versions that were installed long ago default to the %localappdata% folder, and since the key is stored there, the key gets wiped out along with rest of the application on every update.

To fix this issue: Uninstall Markdown Monster explicitly (from Windows Add or remove Programs) and then reinstall. This reinstalls into Program Files and properly mananges the license key in the %localappdata% folder.