When i go to play a game that requires a cd key, it tells me the key, but i cant see it all,so i cant play the game, help?

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On the right side of the game's library page (the page with your install/play button in the Steam client) there's a "CD Key" link.

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Yeah i know how to get it to show up, but when it does, it doesnt show the full key, the keys too long and i cant find a way to see the rest of it.

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There should be a "copy code into tralala" button. Press it and then press [windows key] + [R] then and type notepad. Then press enter. Then press Ctrl+V. There you are.

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Not sure if i understand the problem, but do u have something like copy to clipboard?

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Yeah that comes up, but when i click on it, nothing happens! and its like the key is too long for the space they show it in.

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After you clicked it, you can paste it with ctrl+v.

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If you can't copy the key to clipboard (for whatever reason ...) you can enlarge the column with the key, by resizing it at the grey line (as you would resize a column in Windows Explorer, you'll notice it when your mouse cursor changes)

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An obvious question perhaps, but are you entering it in the right place? What game is it?

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Is this in steam? Usually the pop up that displays the cd key in steam has a "copy to clipboard" button on it.

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Its for spellforce 2 gold edition, so yeah that worked, i got to see the whole key in notepad, but when i typed it in, the key wasnt long enough. the format is XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX, but my key is 10 characters too short.

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This seems to be a common problem from some Googling. Try manually writing down (ie, pen and paper) the entire key, then copying from your piece of paper into the game.

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Ohwell, I'll figure it out, thanks for all the help everyone!

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You can make the box bigger. Drag the sides.

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Closed 11 years ago by ReidJamesReid.