What happens if you open photoshop without paying/having a trial?

[jacobt78254712]

Title. My photoshop crashes when I open it after about 7 reinstalls and I am wondering if it is because I have no trial/have not payed or because it is broken for me;

[Test Screen Name]

That's because it is broken for you. If your trial runs out, it says so.

[jacobt78254712]

But I had it uninstalled when the trial ended. Same thing or no? And photoshop says "open", not "buy". Should it be doing that?

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

It validates your account on startup. It won't matter if you have uninstalled/reinstalled. Your trial has expired and the CC manager will ask you to login with a valid paid ID or to subscribe.

[jacobt78254712]

I was never asked that. I am confused now, should I reinstall the whole creative cloud?

[Kevin Stohlmeyer · Accepted solution]

What operating system are you running?

Reinstalling will not matter if you have used your 7 day free trial and have not paid, it will not run.

You should receive a popup window "subscribe/trial expired" and it will force close Photoshop. That window pops up from a separate Adobe CC application manager, not Photoshop.

If you are not getting this, you may need to cleanly uninstall and reinstall.

Start by using the uninstall link in the applications folder, then running this cleanup tool.

Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems

Then reinstall from Adobe.com and see if you get the message.

[jacobt78254712]

Yeah, lightroom is working.

[jacobt78254712]

Gonna do this. Thanks!

[Test Screen Name]

If it crashes immediately, something else is wrong. It has just not yet arrived at the time to ask you to buy.