Article - CS365465

Licensing error License lost with Save, Retry & Exit options when trying to work on Creo Parametric after the machine is left idle for a period of time

Modified: 31-Oct-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 7.0 to 12.4
  • Creo Illustrate 3.0 to 9.1
  • Mathcad Prime 6.0 to 11.0

Description

  • Warning message "License lost" with Save, Retry & Exit options:
    • It appears in Creo Parametric 7.0.2.0 and later
    • It does not appears in pre-Creo Parametric 7.0.0.0
  • Open session when laptop goes into hibernate mode
  • Tries to resume work and gets message and options  License lost. Retry, Cancel, Save
  • The following error is reported : License lost #Save #Retry #Exit button window intermittently
  • Cannot regain a license
  • Software unresponsive
  • Select Retry and no response
  • The following error is reported Regained floating license; you can resume working though license server is on the same machine
  • Mathcad Prime loses license when laptop is undocked from docking station and runs in Express mode
  • Licensing error License lost with Save, Retry & Exit options when trying to work on Creo Parametric after the machine is left idle for a period of time
  • Appears to hang with the warning message License lost #Save, #Retry, #Exit after being left idle in Creo Parametric
  • Window focus lost after connection to license is lost, have to alt+tab to select retry
  • Message Connection restored with License Server(s) (n) is created in the std.out file
  • Creo will be no response frequently during working with it, and then reports error License lost with SaveRetry & Exit options
  • Error License Exit,License lost #Save, #Retry, #Exit received while working with a node-locked license
  • Error "License lost" save, retry and exit option occurs frequently when configured with node-lock license
  • Error License Lost occurs while working in application using node locked license file
  • Warning message "License lost" with Save, Retry & Exit options does not appear in some installed Creo versions in same machine after stopping the license server service
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