Thursday 21 August 2014

Toshiba Bluetooth Stack 30 Day Trail Fix

I started using Toshiba's Bluetooth Stack after a pair of my Bluetooth headphones were refusing to work with Windows Bluetooth support.

I found out after 30 days that you needed to obtain a license from Toshiba in order to continue using it however Toshiba have discontinued support for it so a license key is impossible to find. I did however find online how remove this 30 day trial.

These are the instructions I followed :

1. Download a "Toshiba file" for your system.

32 Bit Systems : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujgtpq9uekwuuvs/TosBtChk.dll?dl=0

64 Bit Systems :  https://www.dropbox.com/s/6lqjc3asmun8bht/TosBtChk.dll?dl=0

2. Locate this file in your downloads and copy it to your clip board by right clicking on it and selecting copy.

3. Go to your C:// drive and locate the folder named "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)"

4. Double click on one or both if you have them and check for a folder called "Toshiba"

5. Once you have found this folder double click on it where you should see a folder named "Bluetooth Toshiba Stack".

6. Double click on this to open it where you can then paste the file you copied to your clip board by right clicking within the folder and selecting paste.

7. A window will then appear asking you if you want to replace the file which you will click yes.

8. Close Toshiba Stack if you haven't already and launch it again where you should then have a fully working app!