License Error: InstaLOD requires a valid license

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The error below occurs when running the license utility from the command line:

ERROR: Failed to write license to path "C:\InstaLOD\InstaLOD.license" 
InstaLOD will fetch a new license during next startup.
License refresh required (outdated license)
License file invalid.

Refresh license file

Such an issue can occur due to missing file permissions.
Upon successful authorization, InstaLOD stores a license file under 'C:\ProgramData\InstaLOD\' on Windows and '/Users/Shared/InstaLOD/' on macOS which needs to be refreshed periodically.
If such a file exists on your machine, please try removing the InstaLOD folder from the directory. Then, try to authorize via InstaLOD Pipeline again.

Please make sure that you do not run InstaLOD Pipeline as an administrator, as that may cause other applications using InstaLOD without admin rights not to be able to read the license file.