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Nov 5, 2026 11:41 AM UTC
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Registration of Photoshop CS6 is not working

I did a reinstall of my PC and also installation of photoshop CS6.  For activition I need to do a registrqtion zithin 7 days. After filling in my email for registration of photoshop CS6 I should get an email with code, but I don’t receive anything. And yes I’ve checked my spam folder. Please advise what to do next

 

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    Nancy OShea
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    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 9:51 PM UTC

    CS6 is unsupported legacy software from 2012 built to run on Win Vista & Win7/8.

    If you previously registered your product, you can’t register it again as registration is once per product owner. 

     

    Activation is another issue. To activate the license on a new PC, you must have at least one unused activation remaining and a computer that can communicate with Adobe’s legacy CS servers. 

     

    Keep in mind that CS6 was never built to run on Win11. It’s unclear if it will perform well on the latest OS. You’re using at your own risk. 

     

    A more sensible solution would be to keep CS6 on your old device and get compatible software for your new computer to protect its warranty.

    • Photoshop Elements (3 year license)
    • Photography Plan (Photoshop & Lightroom bundle).

    See system requirements below:

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 6:08 PM UTC

    ​@Dazzling_Symphony40d3 wrote: I did a reinstall of my PC and also installation of photoshop CS6.  For activition I need to do a registrqtion zithin 7 days. ...

     

    For a activation of Photoshop CS 6 a registration isn’t necessary. After installation Photoshop you have to activate your Photoshop by entering a valid serial number. Sometimes this isn’t working.

    In this case you should try a offline activation. See here: Offline Activation

     

    Please describe more detailed what you’ve done.

     

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    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 5:33 PM UTC

    Log in to your Adobe account and click this link https://account.adobe.com/products

    -IF you previously registered your program your serial number will be there

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    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 3:20 PM UTC

    Do you have the serial number for it?

    (Don’t post it here on this public forum.)

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    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 1:24 PM UTC

    do you have or did you ever had any cc trial or subscription on the problematic computer?

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    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2026 11:48 AM UTC

    You will need to activate. See the following article

    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs6-install-instructions.html

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    -Manan