Why is license file needed for Silver?

I have been having some license issues due to conflict with the current elements trial download and an expired license. That is discussed elsewhere. My question here is why does elements tell me I have an expired license when Remobjects states that you can use Silver for free after the trial expires? This does not make sense and prevents me from doing anything with the trial download except command line compiling using an external code editor.

The only time this’s should happen is if you have a beta build installed; beta builds require a license. What build are youn on? VS or Fire?

VS, same download as we have been discussing.