CS3 Creative Suite and OS X El Capitan?

[shabooboo]

After Apple persistently ask me to update "even with a follow-up call", my Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Professional version will NOT work again on my Macbook Pro.  I have tried everything... deleted, uninstalled, reinstalled, downloaded, emptied trash, ALL many MANY times.  It just refuses to open my "paid good money for" programs.  These programs is very important to me, and I am so lost without them.  I simply can NOT afford to buy newer version yet, use to have Creative Suite CS5 "Student Version", but after taking my computer to get fixed (no names, but not going back), they deleted ALL my programs "which didn't fix the problem".  I am no longer a student because it's unaffordable for me to finish, and now after a near required update to El Capitan 10.11.4 version my needed programs refuse to open. 

PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT? 

[Ned Murphy]

If you purchased CS5 as a student you still own the license and can use it even if you are no longer a student.

[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

Adobe does not go back and update old programs to work on new hardware and operating systems, be that Mac or Windows

Does your Cloud serial number show on your account page?

https://accounts.adobe.com/ then click Plans & Products at the top to find a list of your serial numbers

CS6 and earlier programs have not been tested and will not be updated to run on Mac El Capitan
-which means that you try to use CS6 and earlier at YOUR risk of having problems
-you may get CS6 and earlier programs to install and run, or you may not (some do, some don't)
-Java https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/dreamweaver-java-se-6-runtime.html may help
Install CS5 on Mac 10.11 https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2003455 may help (also for other than CS5)
-also a TEMPORARY security change https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2039319
-http://mac-how-to.wonderhowto.com/how-to/open-third-party-apps-from-unidentified-developers-mac-os-x...
-and more on gatekeeper https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202491

Download & Install instructions https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2003339 may help

-includes a way to go to a page to download Adobe programs if you don't have a disc or drive

-you will need to enter your original serial number during install for non-Cloud programs

-Cloud desktop http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-desktop.html

-Cloud Getting Started https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud.html

-Membership questions and problems https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1146459

-or kglad links in reply #1 here https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2081216 may help

Also go to https://forums.adobe.com/community/creative_cloud/creative_cloud_faq