{"id":17296,"date":"2017-03-02T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=17296"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:00:02","slug":"free-to-trial-license-upgrade-in-explorer-5-0-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/free-to-trial-license-upgrade-in-explorer-5-0-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-To-Trial License Upgrade in CloudBerry Explorer 5.0.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest iteration of CloudBerry Explorer has been released. Version 5.0.3 brings a new license upgrade mechanism that enables you to seamlessly switch from the free to trial tier. Let's take a closer look at the new feature.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The earlier versions of CloudBerry Explorer did not allow you to conveniently switch between the free and trial license tiers. It was, therefore, necessary to resort to some troublesome workarounds to perform that operation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oldExplorer.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3\" width=\"416\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oldExplorer.png 416w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/oldExplorer-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, we have rectified that inconvenience, and now this operation can be performed with a few clicks.<\/p>\n<h2>License tier switch in CloudBerry Explorer 5.0.3<\/h2>\n<p>The license switch process from free to trial (and vice versa) could not be easier. Under <strong>Help<\/strong>, click <strong>Start Trial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/newExplorer.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3\" width=\"447\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/newExplorer.png 447w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/newExplorer-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You'll be prompted to enter the activation code that you had received beforehand on your email. If for any reason you don't have the code, simply click <strong>I don't have the code<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/requestTrial-1.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 request trial\" width=\"415\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/requestTrial-1.png 415w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/requestTrial-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/requestTrial-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now just enter your email address and click <strong>Start Trial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17303 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/enterEmail.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 start trial\" width=\"415\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/enterEmail.png 415w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/enterEmail-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/enterEmail-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the program will automatically quit and restart in the trial mode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/expirationDate.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3\" width=\"451\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/expirationDate.png 451w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/expirationDate-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, you can always switch your license tier from trial back to freeware. Simply click <strong>Switch to Freeware<\/strong> and you're good to go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17305 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/backToFreeware.png\" alt=\"CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 switch to freeware\" width=\"391\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/backToFreeware.png 391w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/backToFreeware-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest iteration of CloudBerry Explorer has been released. Version 5.0.3 brings a new license upgrade mechanism that enables you to seamlessly switch from the free to trial tier. Let&#8217;s take a closer look at the new feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,898,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-explorer","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60683,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17296\/revisions\/60683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}