# ADABAS Community Edition for Windows PROBLEM **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Basics-on-Linux-Unix-Windows, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-on-Linux\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-community-edition-for-windows-problem/92042 "2009-11-09T07:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brent\_Holloway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Brent\_Holloway](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Brent_Holloway)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-community-edition-for-windows-problem/92042/1 "2009-11-09T07:29:48Z")
When I try to start the demo database I get the following message: %ADAFRM-I-STARTED, 08-NOV-2009 21:01:35, Version 6.1.8.03 (Windows) ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| %ADAFRM-W-LICDAYS, License will expire in 235 days %ADAFRM-W-LICDATE, License expiration date is 30-JUN-2010 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| %ADAFRM-F-LICVER, The version of ADABAS and the version used in the license file do not match. %ADAFRM-I-ABORTED, 08-NOV-2009 21:01:35, elapsed time: 00:00:00 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-community-edition-for-windows-problem/92042/2 "2009-11-12T22:00:59Z")
Do you also have a licensed Adabas version on your machine? It seems that you have specified an Adabas v5.1 license file for the Adabas community edition; and this does not fit. You can deactivate the license file with the DBA workbench; then it should work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adabas-community-edition-for-windows-problem/92042/3 "2021-04-02T14:57:43Z")