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July 20, 2025
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A 'sync issue' causes my paid service not to work, only solution is to buy again, is this normal ?

  • July 20, 2025
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Hello!

I`m posting this, because I can hardly believe it.

I`ve fully paid my yearly Photo Plan with Lightroom and PS.

However - the month(30d) I bought it it stopped working.

Showing all functions as disabled, and needing to buy subscription.

All was paid in full.

And all I saw was "module disabled". Subscribe again.

I contacted support.

What I got, that there was a 'sync issue', as a reason.

I was offered a "solution".

That my plan can be cancelled, and that I can buy it again.

And I will be reimbursed, but not a full amount, but minus one month. 

Nevermind this.

But - is really the only solution to 'sync issues' having to cancel subscription and buy anew?

We are in a cloud reality, but this is worse than fax era solutions.
Or maybe support does not know something ?
Could possilby someone confirm this 'solution'?

 

I went through with this, as I need my service running, but - what if the issue repeats itself, and each time I will be put back on this refund-rebuy thing, just each time having to loose 20+$ in the process ?

 

This does not sound customer friendly at all.

 

p.s. please be kind, I could not found a proper community category for this, so I posted in lounge.

 

    2 replies

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 20, 2025

    To ask in the forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/
    Moving from the Lounge to the Account forum

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 20, 2025

    it depends what's causing the sync issue.  did you go through the cc desktop fixes?

    RADringsAuthor
    Participant
    July 20, 2025

    I was hoping to get some solutions from the support.

    And I was asking several times, if it`s the only solution.

    If I had access to some backend queries, maybe I could establish the cause behind sync issue, but as I am a SaaS user, it should not even be occupying my mind, isn`t it ?

    My entire service was showing as with 'trial' minimal functionalities, and I checked everything on my end (payment, login, connection), and it was working for several days as expected, nothing changed on my side.

     

    All I really want is a standalone app on my PC, no sync, no cloud files, just oldschool.

    But if I`m forced to have this hybrid solution (for veifying ownership or whatever), I expect the standalone components will have some 'sync' and other cloud issues resilience, especially for some account data I have no direct control over.

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 20, 2025

    start here - https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/kb/stop-creative-cloud-trial-mode-after-purchase.html

     

    if that fails, proceed to these steps - https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/resolve-trial-and-license-expired-errors.html

     

    if that fails, https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/adobe-license-issues-keychain-credential-mgr.html

     

    if those all fail, change your cc language.  eg, try international english

     

    if that fails, change the install location