Article - CS31332

How to return a borrowed license to the server before the expiration date for FLEXnet based applications

Modified: 19-Dec-2025   


Applies To

  • Mathcad Prime 3.1 to 10.0
  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire to Wildfire 5.0
  • FLEXnet Admin License Server

Description

  • How to return a borrowed license to the server before the expiration date?
  • How does the borrowed license return to the server?
  • Borrowed licenses cannot be returned early 
  • The return early function for FlexNet licenses does not work
  • Unable to early return the borrowed license
  • Is it possible to return a borrowed license early using ptcflush?
  • Is it possible to auto return the borrowed license before the expiration date when connecting Creo Parametric to the license server
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