Protecting notepad

[ShayLevy]

Hi

Can someone please help me with a simple scenario. I have just installed VMProtect and I want to protect a closed exe file (i.e notepad.exe). I opened the file in VMProtect, generated one license number and compiled the project. When I double click the protected notepad I'm not asked to enter a serial number. What am I missing?

[Support]

Please read the user manual about the licensing module.
In two words you have missed the code that passes the serial number to VMProtect and another code that later checks that serial number's features.

[ShayLevy]

In more than two words, can you guide through the process please?

Just to clarify, I don't have the source code of the exe file I'm trying to protect. From what I found in the manual, the procedure you're referring to involves access to the protected file source code. Am I right?

[Admin]

VMProtect SDK has some APIs that you need use in your application: VMProtectSetSerialNumber, VMProtectGetSerialNumberState, etc. In other words you can not use the licensing system in application without sources.

[ShayLevy]

Thanks, that answer my questions.