How to Find an Avast License File
- 1). Right-click on the Avast! icon in the bottom of the system tray.
- 2). Select "About Avast!" from the menu that opens.
- 3). Choose "License" in the screen that opens.
- 4). Click the "Browse" button. Locate the license file on the computer in the browser window. The license is named "license.dat." The exact location will differ for each user, but you are likely to find it in the Windows temporary folder.
- 5). Click the "My Computer" folder in XP, or "Computer" folder in Vista and 7, in the desktop "Start" menu.
- 6). Click "Local Disk (C:)" folder.
- 7). Select "Windows," and then click the "Temp" folder. The installation file should be located in there.
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