Finding a lost serial number for an old photoshop 7.0.1

serial number file missing

Hi @Robbie5E4D,

Given PS7's advanced age and lack of features, this might be a good opportunity to scrap it for better software.  Even if you do find a serial number for your 2 decades old product, there's no guarantee it will run right on a modern machine and OS.  And there's absolutely zero chance it will run much less install on a recent Mac.

MODERN OPTIONS:
Photoshop Elements 2021 (under $100, no subscription needed).  It's a lite version of PS CC without all the bells & whistles and 1,000% better than PS7.
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

Creative Cloud Photography Plan -- approx $10/month for 12 months. Includes the latest versions of these great products & services:
-- Photoshop CC and Photoshop on iPad
-- Lightroom on desktop, mobile and the web
-- Lightroom Classic
-- Portfolio website + hosting
-- Spark with premium features
-- Bridge
-- 20 GB cloud storage (upgradable to 1 TB).
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html

Creative Cloud All Apps (52 apps & services).
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

Whichever you decide, good luck! 🙂

If you have a windows computer that had/has photoshop 7 installed you can get the serial number from the Windows Registry.

Use Windows Logo key + R key then type regedit.

Then go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop\7.0\Registration and the Serial should be there.

On a Mac look under

Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Registration Database

Not sure if this will work or not:

https://focdownloads.blogspot.com/2013/07/adobe-photoshop-70-free-download-serial.html

If you installed it in the past, it may be possible to use "key recovery software." Try a few  of the free ones. Major Geeks is a trusted source.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/license_crawler.html

but being it's 20 years old...

but I was wondering since its such an old version if its possible to get one.

By @Robbie5E4D

I wouldn't bet on this.

All the servers have been shut down for old versions of Photoshop. It wouldn't do any good to have your old activation code.