This is the first half of the process. Perform these steps on the offline target machine .
🔹 Use a challenge-response mechanism: File Activation Delphi 2016
In previous years, this process was automated via servers. However, with Delphi 2016 being an older, legacy platform, the activation is almost exclusively handled offline using a Keygen utility. This is the first half of the process
begin hMutex := CreateMutex(nil, False, PChar(MUTEX_NAME)); if (hMutex = 0) then Halt; if GetLastError = ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS then begin // Send command-line to running instance if ParamCount > 0 then SendArgsToRunningInstance(ParamStr(1)); // extend to multiple args CloseHandle(hMutex); Halt; end; with Delphi 2016 being an older