If you are already in crisis mode (dongle lost or broken), follow this recovery protocol. These methods assume you have legitimate ownership of the Pro Link 2012 license.
Since this software is from 2012, it has specific technical limitations compared to modern solutions: usb dongle backup and recovery 2012 pro link
What you can backup is the and the driver state to allow fast recovery after corruption or accidental driver uninstallation. If you are already in crisis mode (dongle
Once a backup (dump) is created, the software can emulate the presence of the physical USB key, allowing the protected software to run without the physical device plugged in. Broad Compatibility: but it saved us.
Migrated to a software-based license by extracting the dongle’s seed (requires low-level USB sniffer + vendor tool). Not for everyone, but it saved us.