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April 19, 2017
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Creative Cloud saying 'Start Trial' when have active membership and none of the Adobe solutions work. Help!

  • April 19, 2017
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My problems began a week ago when my Creative cloud turned grey and wouldn't open. Then when I managed to open it, it gave me no other choice than to Update it and then would quite halfway through the update and disappear. I have a Mac and I read that this is common on Macs and so followed a couple of solutions stated online but none of them worked. Then a few days later it reappeared and looked to be fine however when I tried to open any of my apps they wouldn't open. So I uninstalled and reinstalled the apps... to no avail. I followed online solutions about trashing preferences which also didn't work. So I then uninstalled Adobe Creative Cloud and reinstalled.

Now it says 'Start Trial', even though I have a full years membership that I bought in November. I followed solutions online and found that Signing in and out works for about a minute, and then it reverts back to saying 'Start Trial'. I have tried to open applications during the minute that it appears normal, however it then says there is an issue opening the file and to uninstall and reinstall the application (which I have done many times). It also says Error 16 at the bottom of this message.

I have university hand-ins next week that require the use of InDesign and Photoshop and so would appreciate any help!

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Correct answer kglad

check your account to verify your subscription is what you expect and to verify your adobe id (used in the next step), https://www.adobe.com/account.html

if your account shows

a. your subscription is active,

1.  sign out and then back in to your cc desktop application using the same adobe id above to verify your subscription:  http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

2.  if that fails, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-reverts-to-trial.html

if your account shows

b. you have no subscription and you're paying for one

1. using a browser that allows popups and cookies,  contact adobe support during pst business hours by clicking here and, when available, click 'still need help', http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service-ccm.html

6 replies

Participant
May 25, 2019

i have the same problem ! and i need a help

wenyuz67789143
Participant
January 21, 2019
TroppoPhotos
Participant
August 2, 2018

nobody responds

crazy.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2018

how many responses do you expect?

cliffclof
Inspiring
August 1, 2018

Same, only some apps

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 1, 2018

follow msg 1.

if those steps fail to resolve the problem, follow msg 8.

Participant
March 19, 2018

same problem here

did anyone come to a solution?

Artex bvba
Participant
April 18, 2018

Same here. Every installed app is on trial.

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 19, 2017

check your account to verify your subscription is what you expect and to verify your adobe id (used in the next step), https://www.adobe.com/account.html

if your account shows

a. your subscription is active,

1.  sign out and then back in to your cc desktop application using the same adobe id above to verify your subscription:  http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

2.  if that fails, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-reverts-to-trial.html

if your account shows

b. you have no subscription and you're paying for one

1. using a browser that allows popups and cookies,  contact adobe support during pst business hours by clicking here and, when available, click 'still need help', http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service-ccm.html

Participant
September 8, 2017

You don't replies to him, but just copy text from the "Help website".

I pay 70$/month for this shit....

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 8, 2017

1. these are user to user forums

2. i didn't copy that from anywhere.

3. follow the suggestions and/or contact adobe.