Trying to change SOFTWARE_TYPE on computers that already have ArcGIS Installed

Question

I am trying to audit how many users in my environment need all the capabilities of an ArcGIS Professional License, I was planning to edit the registry key SOFTWARE_CLASS in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcGISPro\Licensing from "Professional" to "Viewer" and then grant the "Professional" and "Editor" licenses as needed. ArcGIS Pro does not respond to changing the SOFTWARE_CLASS registry value during testing. If anyone has any experience doing this, I'd greatly appreciate any advice.

Thanks

BryanMc · Answer

On my install it changes HKCU. Not sure if since I had opened software before (as there also settings in HKLM), but the Current user did the trick for me.

Jesse_Albers · Answer

Our license server manages 90% of our licenses, and the majority of those users have per-machine installs. I attempted to change Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcGISPro\Licensing SOFTWARE_CLASS_FN to "Viewer", but it still opens as Professional.

BryanMc · Answer

If you change using the GUI you can see that it changes "SOFTWARE_CLASS_FN" and not SOFTWARE_CLASS. Although maybe changing both is best just in case?! Hope this helps.