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MyPhotoJourneys
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December 21, 2019
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Installing and activation of photoshop elements 2020

  • December 21, 2019
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So the direction on the website says there is a 24 alphameric activation code. Well, I have over 24. On one line of nothing but small numbers 0-9, a total of 8 numbers then I have a line of mixed number and alpha in caps that end in a comma which includes commas and a slash included in all of it.  then I have another line of Alpha that includes no numbers just alpha and has a few commas and a few slashes.

So is all of this the serial number?  do I include the commas and the slashes? 

 

They could have saved everyone this headache and put the whole activation code on one line if the commas are not included then include a space instead. I never have seen it done like this before.

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Correct answer Just Shoot Me

OK, I have a card and the card says Redemption code.  Has this anything to do with my issues? 

 


Yes that is a REDEMPTION CODE to REDEEM a valid serial number.

 

Go here to see how to do that.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/redemption-code-help.html

 

 

 

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Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 21, 2019

Is this a Retail copy that includes DVD discs?

The serial number is on one of the DVD sleeves not both, usually on the Windows version sleeve. It is 6 sets of 4 numbers separated by dashs ( - ). If it follows Adobe system of serial number codes it startes with 1057. It IS all on one line.

 

So I don't know what you are looking at but more than likely it is not the serial number. If this is a Downloaded version then what you may have is a Redemption coded that has to be used to REDEEM a proper serial number.

MyPhotoJourneys
Known Participant
December 21, 2019

There is a serial number and activation code on each DVD disk sleeve.  Each is unique One disk is for Windows and the other is for Mac.

Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 21, 2019

Not on the copy I have here in the USA. I have 2 DVD sleeves, one containg the Windows version DVD and the other with the Mac DVD. The serial number sticker is on the Windows sleeve and there is NO Activation code as the serial number is what is used to Activate the software.

 

This is for the 2020 version. If you have an older version I have no idea what Adobe did.

John Waller
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 21, 2019

None of what you have described sounds like a serial number.

 

Your serial number is a 24 digit numeric code (numbers only, no alpha characters), probably beginning with 1057-

 

See Adobe's article: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/find-serial-number.html

MyPhotoJourneys
Known Participant
December 21, 2019

The serial number I believe is on the little sticker on the DVD sleeve.  It is numbers.  Below it is the activation code because it counts up to 24 characters and numbers.

MyPhotoJourneys
Known Participant
December 21, 2019

It is installed