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March 12, 2025
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New license for Adobe Acrobat not allowing me to add the serial number when I open a pdf

  • March 12, 2025
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I had a version of adobe acrobat I bought and had on a now old computer.  I tried using the old serial number for my new computer and it says it is already in use.  So I bought a new license but every time I open the Adobe Acrobat app, it shows the old serial number and won't accept the new serial number.  i tried uninstalling/installing and restarting with no avail.

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Participant
March 12, 2025

20.0

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2025

is that acrobat 2020?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2025

what acrobat version?

Participant
March 12, 2025

And everything shows legitimatately in my account (all three licenses in my account in adobe website).

Participant
March 12, 2025

And one was a week prior to this one.

Participant
March 12, 2025

I bought it through techsoup (my charity gets discounts for getting it).  The other two licenses I have bought still work 100%   Its this third one that still shows the original license I bought in 2020.  

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2025

from whom did you purchase a new license, (because adobe's no longer sells them).  ie, you need to deactivate acrobat on on of your old compuers.  and that may not be possible because the version may be too old.