Moving from Raw Shooter to Lightroom to Lightroom 2

Hi Folks: I have a problem. I used to use Raw Shooter fully paid up. When Adobe bought out Pixmantec I was sent Lightroom when it became available and I've happily used it for a year or so. I've had a hard disc crash and have almost everything backed up. But I don't have Program Files backed up so can't find how to get my licence number. When I download the upgrade to the latest Lightroom it asks for the old number. I don't actually know if I had one but the lightroom I was sent worked OK for the past year.
So, am I merely confused? Should I have had a number to use the previous Lightroom? I realize that I have to talk to Adobe directly but wondered if anyone has met this problem. Does, for example, Lightroom store the password anywhere I can retrieve it?
Thanks, Donald

When the process was done to get your copy of LR you should have created an account with Adobe and registered the license there. Try going to Adobe dot com and login to your account and recover the license key through that source. Hope this helps.

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