How to recover a windows 10 product key from linux

Feb 25 2023

How to Recover Windows 10 Product Key on Ubuntu

Remove the hard drive from the old computer and mount it in ubuntu

sudo mount /dev/sdX /mnt/{$SomeFolder}`

Install hivexget

sudo apt install libhivex-bin

Move to the mounted drive

cd /mnt/{$SomeFolder}

Recover the key

hivexget Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform' BackupProductKeyDefault