Dreamweaver CS5.5 - Activation Limit Reached

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I have used Dreamweaver CS5.5 very sparingly, only enough to generate <html> coding for webpage structure; however I purchased this software many years ago and now I am unable to activate it because it returns activation attempts with the message "Activation limit reached for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5"I re-installed an old SSD on my older laptop and opened a valid version of Dreamweaver CS5.5 and followed the steps to deactivate that copy.  I received the message that deactivation was successful, so I thought that I had succeeded and met the criteria for activation on a new device.  However, I still get the error message when attempting to activate Dreamweaver CS5.5 on a newer laptop. 
Who can I reach out to for help.  I cannot go to customer support because I do not have any active subscriptions. There must be a way to reconcile this. There is no option in my Adobe account to help me see older activations and delete them from my account.
 
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Nancy OShea · Accepted Answer

There is no option in my Adobe account to help me see older activations and delete them from my account.
By @rlmcculley

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Online deactivation is only possible for supported Creative Cloud desktop apps. It won't help you with legacy Creative Suite products.

CS5 is obsolete ware from 2010. The aged-out activation servers are not fully functioning anymore. See links below.

That said, even if you succeed in activating your license, legacy software is unlikely to run as expected on a modern computer & OS. The tech in CS5 is too old.

Best option, use a modern code editor. If not Dreamweaver CC 2021, then something else.

-- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
-- Notepad++ (free) - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
-- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
-- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
-- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
-- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/
-- Wappler ~ Visual Web App Builder - https://wappler.io/

Hope that helps.

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