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Question

I have a Windows Form app that I developed with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. I recently got a message that my license "has gone stale" and must be updated. When I click the link, I get an error message: "We could not download a license. Please check your network settings or proxy settings."

Going to my subscription online, I see "Visual Studio Dev Essentials"

I tried the solutions from https://cloudopszone.com/visual-studio-2015-error-message-we-could-not-download-a-license/ without success. My account is a "work" account and we do not use MFA at this time.

Visual Studio Community 2015 won't sign in. How do I fix this? suggests that uninstall/reinstall is needed, so perhaps that is my best next step. I found the VS2015 installer here: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202015&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads

Anyone know if it is possible to update a stale VS2015 license currently? It occurs to me that MS may have made that impossible somehow since it is an old version.

I installed VS2019 CE to use that, and it opens just fine but my app has issues with fonts (which is a separate issue), and forms look almost ok on screen but very bad when run.

Answer 1

This was caused because years ago, I used a "personal" microsoft account, which has the same user id as my "domain" account. The domain account is what I use for Office 365, Azure, and domain logins. Apparently VS 2015 was connected to the personal account. I knew of this personal account, but since I don't use it anymore, I incorrectly assumed it was kaput.

To fix, I opened VS2015, and when prompted to update license, I selected "Add an account..." and entered my userid and noted it was a personal account, and entered that password (different from domain p/w, and thankfully saved in chrome for better or worse). Then, when I clicked on "Check for an updated license", it found one right away and is now working.