# License issue
**URL:** https://talk.remobjects.com/t/license-issue/32979
**Category:** Hydra
**Tags:** net
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/license-issue/32979 "2026-02-17T09:26:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@fiplan](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/fiplan)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/license-issue/32979/1 "2026-02-17T09:26:34Z")
"Hello everyone,
Could someone help me with a **license issue**?
Whenever I start my application, I get the error: _“A valid license could not be granted for the type ‘RemObjects.Hydra.NonVisualPlugin’. Please contact the manufacturer of the component for more information.”_
I have already tried cleaning the **“obj”** and **“bin”** folders, but the error persists [**on a .NET Framework WinForms project**]. What I find **totally** confusing is that my solution contains several different projects compiled as DLLs; some can be loaded at runtime without any issues, while others throw this exception during loading. (I am using `System.ComponentModel.Composition` to load the plugins.)"
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### Author:  [@EvgenyK](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/EvgenyK)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/license-issue/32979/2 "2026-02-17T10:24:15Z")
Hi,
Check that you have `licenses.licx` included as embedded resource into your plugin project, like
```auto
```
it should contain this line:
```auto
RemObjects.Hydra.NonVisualPlugin, RemObjects.Hydra
```
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### Author:  [@fiplan](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/fiplan)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/license-issue/32979/3 "2026-02-17T10:31:17Z")
Just found same solution 10 minutes ago, I copied “licenses.licx“ from some working project into a project that throws an exception, it worked!
After that checked Git what is the diff. between “before” and “after”, you are right, it is something about “EmbeddedResource”
