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3-Newcomer
October 19, 2026
Question

License and format invalid

Dear PTC Academic Support,

I am a student at FH JOANNEUM in Austria and downloaded Creo Parametric 12 through the PTC Education website.

During installation, after entering my PTC credentials, the installer displays “Success”. However, the licensing step fails with “License not available”.

The generated license file in C:\ProgramData\PTC\Licensing is 0 KB. I have attempted the licensing process four or more times, but the issue persists.

Could you please check my student license entitlement and activation/request status, and advise how to generate a valid license file?

Creo version: 12
Institution: FH JOANNEUM, Austria

I can provide screenshots and the relevant license details privately if required.

Thank you for your assistance.

    1 reply

    KenFarley
    21-Topaz II
    October 19, 2026

    This is not PTC Academic Support, this is the Creo users forum. The PTC Educational website, if I’m not mistaken, has links to support, etc. There is also a specific forum for Educational users, where you will see many questions asking this same thing.

    https://community.ptc.com/ptc-education-forum-360

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