No, because you would need an upgrade license and serial number.
Re: Possible to upgrade CS5 to CS6 using upgrade discs bought 2nd hand?
Re: Move Adobe programs to another HDD
1. It is assumed that the original installation is under C:\Program Files\ although it could be under C:\Program Files (x86)\. Make the change accordingly.
2. Create the folder D:\Adobe\ and make sure that you have ownership and full control permissions. Check Properties | Security | Full Control Permissions.
3. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator. At the Command Prompt, type the following four commands one after the other.
> ren "C:\Program Files\Adobe" "Adobe.bak"
> robocopy "C:\Program Files\Adobe.bak" "D:\Adobe" /E /ZB /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /V
> mklink /J "C:\Program Files\Adobe" "D:\Adobe"
> robocopy "D:\Adobe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe" /E /COPY:SOU /xo /xn /xc /xx
4. Make sure that everything works fine (try also conversion to PDF from MS Office) and then delete the bakup of the original folder ("Adobe.bak").
It takes 2-3 minutes. I did it with Microsoft Office and Adobe and managed to free over 2GB on my C drive. You will still see the Adobe folders on C, but it is just a dynamic link.
Re: Possible to upgrade CS5 to CS6 using upgrade discs bought 2nd hand?
Let's suppose someone is selling their complete package (including disks and serial numbers).
If the package is used, you must get a transfer of license form, completed by the seller. Otherwise they have not transferred their license to you; they are still allowed to run it, and you are not allowed. Adobe cannot help without a transfer of license.
If the package is unused, be very wary indeed. Ebay and the web in general are a hotbed for fake product. If someone seems to sell more than one copy of an old product, ask yourself where they get something that Adobe stopped making years ago.
Also, CS6 is unlikely to work with future systems, especially on Mac. Really, consider subscriptions, or consider a different product.
Re: Download Link for InDesign CS 6?
Please change your screen name to Omit the word Adobe.
You do that by following these instructions.
How to change your forum screen name
If you don't do it right away, ASAP, Now, Today. There is a very good chance you will be deactivated. There has already been a Spam Report about you.
Re: Download Link for InDesign CS 6?
Oh no!!!!! I followed by your instruction and changed my name.
Re: Proof of identity from an Adobe rep please
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Just+Shoot+Me wrote
It is my opinion that Nancy OShea has muddied the waters with her reply.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion. But reply #22 by Adobe staff member, Jeff Wright said:
"I would recommend you run anti-virus and anti-malware software on whichever computer previously had Photoshop CS6 Extended installed."
Pirated software and malware go together like white on rice.
Re: Possible to upgrade CS5 to CS6 using upgrade discs bought 2nd hand?
CS6 wasn't that far removed from CS5 or CS4 before it. If you're hell bent on using legacy software, just keep using what you have until it quits working.
eBay is a den of thieves for software pirates. Don't put yourself or your computer at risk for viruses and malware. You'll just be throwing good money after bad.
If you really want to upgrade your software, get a Creative Cloud subscription which includes free upgrades for as long as you remain a member.
Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud
Re: Download Link for InDesign CS 6?
Log-in to your Adobe account. If you purchased digital downloads, your download links should still be in your account.
But if you purchased disks, you'll need to go back to Customer Care and obtain the download link from them. They'll probably ask you for your serial number or proof of purchase.
Re: Photoshop C6 Ver 13, can I down load from my account on the adobe website?
If you purchased digital downloads, the download link should still be in your Adobe Account.
If you purchased disks, you'll need to get a download link from Adobe Customer Care. Be sure to have your rserial number or proof of purchase ready.
Re: Move Adobe programs to another HDD
Freeing up much space by creating a dyamic link.
1. It is assumed that the original installation is under C:\Program Files\ although it could be under C:\Program Files (x86)\. Make the change accordingly.
2. Create the folder D:\Adobe\ and make sure that you have ownership and full control permissions. Check Properties | Security | Full Control Permissions.
3. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator. At the Command Prompt, type the following four commands one after the other.
> ren "C:\Program Files\Adobe" "Adobe.bak"
> robocopy "C:\Program Files\Adobe.bak" "D:\Adobe" /E /ZB /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /V
> mklink /J "C:\Program Files\Adobe" "D:\Adobe"
> robocopy "D:\Adobe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe" /E /COPY:SOU /xo /xn /xc /xx
4. Make sure that everything works fine (try also conversion to PDF from MS Office) and then delete the bakup of the original folder ("Adobe.bak").
It takes 2-3 minutes. I did it with Microsoft Office and Adobe and managed to free over 2GB on my C drive. You will still see the Adobe folders on C, but it is just a dynamic link.
Re: Installer failed to initialize
Worked perfectly. Thanks so much!
Re: Proof of identity from an Adobe rep please
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Nancy+OShea wrote
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Just+Shoot+Me wrote
It is my opinion that Nancy OShea has muddied the waters with her reply.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion. But reply #22 by Adobe staff member, Jeff Wright said:
"I would recommend you run anti-virus and anti-malware software on whichever computer previously had Photoshop CS6 Extended installed."
Pirated software and malware go together like white on rice.
And who said he used Pirated software? No one. He used a serial number that has been Blacklisted, Deemed Invalid.
Whatever.
Re: Installer failed to initialize
you're welcome.
Re: Can't install or update any app
Just to let you know I solved it Jeff, I couldn't face even 5 mins with the chat team, it was that awful before which is why it led me to the forums lol. Anyhoo the direct download way worked, once they were installed the CC installer did the update fine so no idea what the problem was but that was the way around it, again thanks for your help, it's been great :-)
Ian
Re: Can't install or update any app
Thanks for the update, Ian.
I would recommend reviewing the settings of any installed security, anti-virus, or anti-malware software, Ian. The direct download option is often successful because the installation is being invoked locally. The same installation, when applied through our update mechanism, may be blocked because the software is preventing installation files which were downloaded by, to them, an unknown application.
Feel free to post a new public forum discussion, if you face any new errors in the future, Ian.
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CS5 Serial Numbers
Hi Adobe Users!
I've been using my copy of CS5 Creative Suite for several years on my old Mac with no problems. I recently got a newer Mac and am running macOS Sierra.
I installed CS5 successfully, and Illustrator seemed to open OK at first. But, shortly after, I had a reason to uninstall Illustrator and then reinstall it. Ever since then, all the Creative Suite programs demand that I reenter the serial number in order to open, and then tell me the number is invalid.
I tried reinstalling the whole suite, and it always accepts the serial number upon installation. But not when trying to open the programs.
I researched it and found this might be because of a fraudulent serial number or similar issue with the software, which I wouldn’t have known about until trying to re-install years after purchase.
However, I’d successfully registered the product when I first bought it, and it still appears in my list of registered products in my account. In fact, it’s in there twice for some reason (with the two registration dates being just a couple days apart).
Is this for sure a matter of unauthorized serial number, or is there something I can do to legitimately get past this barrier?
If the serial number's not legit, why does the product still appear registered with that number in my account?
I’d appreciate any insight on this.
Thanks so much in advance!
Re: CS5 Serial Numbers
Hi Henry,
Sorry to hear about this. I will be moving this discussion to Downloading, Installing, Setting Up community so that you can get some more responses from our installation experts.
You may also refer to this help article in the meantime: Find your serial number.
Hope it helps!
Regards,
Srishti
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Re: How to download an old version of Lightroom
ive just purchased ps then it tells me my os wont run it .. im on windows 8.1 ???
Re: CS5 Serial Numbers
You need to contact support (NEVER post a serial number in an open forum!) to verify your number
This is a public forum, not the link to Adobe support
-other users here can't help with that specific problem
-please click the link below to contact Adobe staff to help
Be sure to remain signed in with your Adobe ID before accessing the link below
-you must also allow 'cookies' in your web browser for this to work
Unable to approve transaction issue [India]
Hi,
I went through the chat interface on your website to inquire about the payment issue I had while purchasing a membership for using photoshop.
The representative stated that I need to contact my bank as the bank isnt allowing the payment through. I contacted the bank to verify the details and they said everything is fine.
My card is a Canara Bank issued debit card and transactions are payable only within India as stated on the card.
I then dug deeper into your help and forum pages only to find that credit card is to be used not a debit card for payment.
I however as mentioned earlier have only a debit card and in your payment page its mentioned in the card number box to enter a debit or credit card number.
Why is there a conflict in information where your help pages state the use of credit cards only would work and not in your main payment page where the transaction is the focus there.? The information is misleading and wastes our time to understand how to go about it.
Please either include the use of debit cards for payments of your products or remove the mention of debit card from the transaction page altogether.
Thanks
Re: Unable to approve transaction issue [India]
these are user-to-user forums. if you want to address an adobe representative re-engage chat.
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For our Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, eLearning Suite, and Technical Communication Suite customers, we will be launching on September 9, 2019. For our Experience Cloud customers, we will be delivering your new experience later this year.
Between August 22nd through the launch date of September 9th, we will be transitioning our Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, eLearning Suite, and Technical Communication Suite community experience. During this time, we wanted you to be aware that all new threads posted and replies to existing posts in these forums will, unfortunately, be lost.
We apologize for the disruption but appreciate your patience as we prepare to bring you a fresh and engaging community experience.
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Re: CS5 Serial Numbers
CS5 was built to run on older equipment and operating systems. Try the following steps.
- Use the Adobe Cleaner Tool to wipe all traces of Creative Suite off your system.
Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems - Creative Suite installers are not compatible with Sierra or higher. See the workaround described below.
Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) - CS5 needs an older JAVA SE6 Runtime.
Download Java for OS X 2017-001
Re: Unable to approve transaction issue [India]
Sorry for the confusion. In certain regions of the world, payment transactions are handled by 3rd parties like Digital River. The cards they accept are decided by their respective merchant banks. Adobe doesn't have much say in the matter.
Countries served by Digital River, an Adobe-approved reseller.
Re: CS5 Serial Numbers
Thank you so much, Srishti!
Re: CS5 Serial Numbers
Thank you John and Nancy for those insights! Those are helpful suggestions. I'm also thinking of installing a second hard drive with an older operating system for running vintage software like CS5. If you have other ideas, please feel free to share! I appreciate what you've said so far.
Re: How to download an old version of Lightroom
Sure, it won’t. The message is correct. But not from Lightroom.
Re: Adobe claims I have non-genuine software
I have been getting a similar pop up for the last couple of weeks. It's very irritating. I am a subscriber to the CC Photography plan, so my Photoshop and Lightroom are certainly valid. However, I have a couple of older Adobe software, pre-CC subscription. My problem is that the pop up message doesn't tell me WHAT is not genuine. Dreamweaver? (I'm happy to remove that anyway) Premiere? (I KNOW that's legit) Is it because I still have older versions of Photoshop and Lightroom installed in case Adobe decides to mess with me?
My pop up also mentions "helping" me with special pricing, but reading these boards, nobody at Adobe phone support seems to know anything about special pricing, and many don't seem to know about the non-genuine messages.
I did just note that I had both a Photoshop CC 2018 (version 19) and a Photoshop CC 2019 (version 20) on my computer. I don't know why Creative Cloud didn't remove the one when updating to the other, but I removed v19, we'll see if that fixed it. But this is a heckuva way to run a rodeo! I've been using Photoshop since Adobe bought PhotoStyler from Aldus, so I really don't appreciate these tactics.
Re: Adobe claims I have non-genuine software
Creative Cloud uses e-mail and password authentication instead of serial numbers. So if something is flagged as non-genuine, it's coming from a legacy Creative Suite serial number.
Due to popular request, Adobe no longer removes old versions when you upgrade Creative Cloud unless you click Advanced Options and check the box for it. I have 4 versions of Photoshop and Dreamweaver side-by-side in case I ever need them and it poses no performance problems for my workstation.
Run the Adobe Cleaner tool to remove old or unwanted versions from your PC.
Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems
permission may be required
I am unable to download anything as this message keeps popping up, it reads You may need to request permission from your IT administrator to use this app or service.
Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
I own licenses for Photoshop and Premiere Elements 13 and they show up correctly in my account. However I can't find a working site for either of them:
- For PS I tried this site: Download Photoshop Elements 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, and 7 but for my platform (both Windows 32 and 64) it just shows "Not found" on click
- For Premiere I can't even find any Adobe site to download it
Thanks for the help!
Re: permission may be required
Moving to Downloading, Installing, Setting Up
Re: Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
Go to the link below and check for downloads in your Adobe Account otherwise click contact us to start an on-line chat. Have your serial number and details of original purchase available. Make it clear you are not looking for support for an older product but need download/activation.
https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/downloaded-older-app.html
Re: Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
I actually was there but my products are displayed under "My Products" but not under "Order History" probably because I got them 5 years ago.
Re: Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
Try the chat. Adobe support staff should be able to provide a download link.
Re: permission may be required
Do you have an IT administrator, or this your own personal computer (not provided by work)?
Re: Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
Thank you very much! I contacted the support and they did provide me with the links below:
- Premiere Elements 13: http://trials.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/legacy/99CABBAC-C975-4A06-8D99-064C6871EE80/PRE/13_0 _esd/win64/PremiereElements_13…
- Photoshop Elements 13: http://trials.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/legacy/99CABBAC-C975-4A06-8D99-064C6871EE80/PSE/13_0 _esd/win64/PhotoshopElements_1…
Hope this helps in the future!
Re: Adobe Elements 13 not downloadable
I’m sure it will be helpful although Adobe prefers not to publish links for legal reasons. Nevertheless this forum is due to transition soon to a new community.
Re: How to download an old version of Lightroom
Please carefully read Creative Cloud and Photoshop / Lightroom system requirements. On PC, you need Win 7 or Win 10 with all the latest updates. Support for Win 8 and 8.1 are being phased out.
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
I have the same issue. I am trying to deactivate CS6 to install another on my Mac. I checked this site saying to contact the volume licensing admin but I cannot give details since someone just gave me the Mac with the programs installed. What to do?
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Deactivate option dimmed or missing?
If the software you’re trying to deactivate is part of a suite, deactivate another app in the suite. Launch any app in the suite, and then choose Help > Deactivate.
If your company purchased the product under a volume licensing agreement, the deactivate option isn’t available. Contact your volume licensing administrator for help.
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
justmecalej wrote
I checked this site saying to contact the volume licensing admin but I cannot give details since someone just gave me the Mac with the programs installed. What to do?
Hi
You do not legally own that copy of Photoshop, you would be better off purchasing the Photography Plan for $9.99/month, that way you get the most recent version which includes Photoshop and Lightroom
Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
Moved to Downloading, Installing, Setting Up
Re: Adobe Creative Suite - Install on Stand Alone Network
I know this is an old thread, but the answers above are not correct.
I have recently (2019) purchased a stand alone copy of CS6, which was previously owned, but has had the licence corretly de activated.
In other words I can now install on my computer as a new product and register the licences with adobe.
I have to say, I am surprised no one has questioned the legality of adobe de activating the CS stand alone licences, which customers have bought in good faith.
It is one thing to shut down the activation server and another to deny genuine licence holders the ability to continue to use old software that is good for their purpose.
For example, in my case, I am not a designer, I own an old mac and an old windows laptop with windows 8.1. both are perfectly good for what I want them for.
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
I have a legal copy of CS6 and want to replace the copy on my Mac. That is why I want to deactivate what is on there now.
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
You mentioned above "I cannot give details since someone just gave me the Mac with the programs installed"
Did you have the licence transferred over to you
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
Nope. Do you mean that I cannot deactivate without those details? There is no other way?
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
If you did not have the licence transferred then you do not legally own that copy and hence are not entitled to either use it or transfer it
Re: Adobe Creative Suite - Install on Stand Alone Network
kmbb62859325 wrote
I know this is an old thread, but the answers above are not correct.
I have recently (2019) purchased a stand alone copy of CS6, which was previously owned, but has had the licence corretly de activated.
Purchased from where? 3rd party pre-owned purchases are never advocated here due to the risk of piracy and malware.
Questions posted on Adobe forums normally refer to purchasing from Adobe which was not possible when this question was posted.
Re: Adobe Creative Suite - Install on Stand Alone Network
CS6, CS5, CS4 and CS3 activation servers are still running.
CS3, CS2 and CS users who contacted Adobe before this year were able to get working software.
You say it was previously owned? Then it is not a new product. Please bear in mind that the SELLER/GIFTER of CS6 to you must complete a licence transfer form and get it to Adobe. Otherwise you have no rights to the software, whatever arrangement you may have made with the seller/gifter.
Re: The application Install.app can't be opened. -1712
You may try to run the installer from the external disk. Or use flashdelover's method with xattr -c [path to .dmg] command.
Re: CS6 13.0.6 Deactivate greyed out
Hello everyone,
I just took the plunge and uninstalled the whole CS6 and then used the new CS6. Now it works well.
Thank you for all your help!