Invantive Business Server requires an applicable subscription of Invantive. The existence of such a subscription is verified using a licence key file. Perform the following steps to make the licence key available: - Copy the full contents of the licence text in your licence mail to the clipboard using <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> or Select All and then Copy. - Run notepad from the start menu. - Paste the licence text into notepad. - Save the file as `invantive.lic` in the folder `%USERPROFILE%\invantive`, which typically evaluates to the `invantive` subfolder of your user profile folder such as `c:\users\myname\invantive`. - A deviating licence location can be specified using environment variables described in [[License Service]].