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Guide: SoftLiteRegBot

Step-by-step setup and configuration guide. Program version 1.0.0.

Quick start

  1. Download and unzip the program into a folder of your choice.
  2. Run SoftLiteRegBot.exe.
  3. Activate the program with the License Key you got from support.
  4. Create a Telegram bot through @BotFather and get its Bot Token.
  5. Enter the Bot Token in the program and set up Manager Chat.
  6. Set up a welcome message for new users.
  7. Test it: open your bot in Telegram and press Start.

Launching and activation

On first launch, the program shows a Hardware Code — a unique identifier for your computer. Send it to support to get your License Key.

The license is tied to that specific computer. License verification runs locally — no connection to a Soft Lite server is needed for that.

Creating and configuring your Telegram bot

The bot is created through @BotFather in Telegram — it’s your own bot, fully under your control. In the program, you set:

  • Bot Token — issued by BotFather when you create the bot;
  • Manager Chat — the chat or channel where notifications about new registrations arrive;
  • Administrators — who on your team sees notifications and can reply to users.

Appearance and welcome message

In settings, you can set up the bot’s profile and the welcome text — what a user sees right after pressing Start. The welcome message can include an image, a description of your service, terms, a link, a call to action, or anything else you want a new contact to see first.

How registration works

The first time a user presses Start on your bot, SoftLiteRegBot records the registration and saves where the click came from. If the same user presses Start again, it doesn’t create a second record — the program recognizes them as an already-registered contact and just updates their interaction history.

Links and traffic sources

A deep link looks like t.me/YourBot?start=source. Different links with different source labels let you see exactly where each user came from — a specific channel, a post, or an ad campaign.

Talking to users

When a manager replies to a user’s message in Manager Chat, the reply is automatically forwarded back into the Telegram bot — the conversation happens in the manager’s usual chat, with no need to switch between interfaces.

Broadcasting to your list

The program can send a message to your entire registered list, or to a subset of it — for example, only users who came from a particular source.

Users, statistics, and export

The program includes a list of all registered users, statistics by period and by source, and an XLSX export for further work in Excel or another system.

Data and security

All data — registrations, message history, settings — stays local on your own computer. The program does not send your user database to Soft Lite’s servers.

Troubleshooting

SymptomWhat to check
The bot doesn’t respond to StartBot Token is correct, the bot hasn’t been stopped in BotFather, the program is running
No notifications in Manager ChatManager Chat is set correctly, the bot has permission to post messages there
The program won’t activateThe Hardware Code matches the one you sent support when getting the License Key

Support

If this guide didn’t solve it, message support at @SoftLite_SUPPORT with a description of what’s happening.