Upgrading from trial ... lost trial licence key

I have a trial version of Aperture 3. My 30-day trial expired some time ago. Today I purchased a serial number from the Apple Store, selecting the option to upgrade from a trial version. When I enter the activation key, Aperture throws up a message saying "You have entered an upgrade serial number. Please enter your original serial number". ARGGGH ... I have a trial key obtained in Feb 2010 but it does not work. It may not be the trial key that I used on this particular machine.
I thought perhaps I could remove the serial number Aperture is using on my computer then I could obtain a new trial license then I ought to be able to upgrade with my new purchased key. But I don't know how to remove the serial number. I see advice in previous posts to delete a file located in Library/Application Support/ProApps/Apperture. But there is no folder named Aperture in the ProApps folder. Is the license key now found somewhere else??
McCult

did you enter your first full version serial number (from Version 1 or version 2)
it isn't an upgrade from the trial version it is upgrade from a previous full version.
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