You can download an offline installer from here  these are links official Adobe installers. *Important* you will need to access this link first and login with your Adobe sign in details first before downloading. ... View more

Try uninstalling Fireworks and  re-installing with an offline installer from here, read the instructions above  before downloading, you need to access this page first and set an Adobe cookie by logging into your Adobe account, these are official Adobe installers.   For more help, please state your OS, Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac OS that supports 32 bit apps?? ... View more

Think I might be inclined to just draw a rectangle with border & no fill, then just group it with the text ... View more

Affinity Designer's is cool but still lacking a free distort tool and it ain't no Fireworks. 🙂 By @Jaybee69 Agreed, and Designer seems to be low down on Affinity's list of priorities,  people have asking for free distort/transform for a long time, there are some workarounds but they are a pain ... ... View more

Photopea can open layered Fireworks PNGs I also have some Fireworks commands for doing batch conversion of Fireworks PNGs into other formats like PSD for example, obviously you need access to Fireworks to use them but if you need them let me know. ... View more

Hi Jan,   I think in actual fact, all the PDapp.exe trick did was suppress the trial countdown window, have you tried some of these:   1) Try running Fireworks as an adminstrator   2) If you see a 'license this software' button - click it ... in some cases this resolves the issue   3) For quite a few people uninstalling Fireworks (reboot system after uninstall) and then reinstalling with an offline installer has worked, this has worked for people on both Windows and Mac in some cases. Download an offline installer from here *IMPORTANT* you must visit this page first to set an Adobe cookie otherwise the download will fail. Install Fireworks with the installer and see if it will launch, if you see a 'license this software' button click it.   4) Make sure Fireworks is closed - Launch the Creative Cloud App, click you profile icon (top right) => and sign out, then click => file => exit to close the Creative Cloud app - Launch Firework, and you should be prompted to sign in, login with your Adobe Creative Cloud details, click the 'license this software' button if you see it, did Fireworks launch successfully?   ... View more

OK, so you have multi-license Creative Cloud set up, in the first instance I'm assuming you can see Fireworks in your list of apps to install but you re getting the licencing prompt? In the first instance try running Fireworks as an administrator and if you have made any changes to PDapp.exe remove them.   Try some of these if you are still stuck:   1) If you see a 'license this software' button - click it ... in some cases this resolves the issue   2) For quite a few people uninstalling Fireworks (reboot system after uninstall) and then reinstalling with an offline installer has worked, this has worked for people on both Windows and Mac in some cases. Download and offline installer from here *IMPORTANT* you must visit this page first to set an Adobe cookie otherwise the download will fail. Install Fireworks with the installer and see if it will launch, if you see a 'license this software' button click it.   3) Make sure Fireworks is closed - Launch the Creative Cloud App, click you profile icon (top right) => and sign out, then click => file => exit to close the Creative Cloud app - Launch Firework, and you should be prompted to sign in, login with your Adobe Creative Cloud details, click the 'license this software' button if you see it, did Fireworks launch successfully?   4) As you are on a multi-license set up, I would also ask  your IT admin to get in touch with Adobe as they are more helpful in such case. The standard Adobe live chat support is pointless where Fireworks is concerned. ... View more

And do you have a full or student/teacher Creative Cloud subscription? ... View more

Which OS are you on? ... View more

1) Are you getting an error message?   2) Have you recently updated your OS? Mac Catalina and Big Sur cannot run Fireworks natively as they cannot run 32 bit apps.   Try in the first instance resetting you preferences folder, just rename the folder, for example to FireworksBK and then try launching Fireworks.   Windows path to preferences folder: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Fireworks CS6 Mac path to preferences folder: /Users/Your User Name/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fireworks   Here are more details https://helpx.adobe.com/fireworks/kb/restore-preferences-fireworks-cs5.html   ... View more

It works great/fast, and I only have a MacBook Air M1 with 8GB of RAM... Only issue a user may have is if they are installing Fireworks from the Creative Cloud app Fireworks may not be available in the list of apps, in which case they can install Fireworks with an offline installer from here.   You shouldn't be posting misinformaiton on the forums when you clearly have not tested yourself and confirmed if the information you are posting has any weight... Your desperation to have the last word as usual has superceded any fact checking or testing! ... View more

Yes, I've got a new MacBook Air M1 and Parallels Desktop runs and works just fine on it.... ... View more

Have you personally tested the latest version of Parallels Desktop on a new MacBook Air or  MacBook Pro with M1 chip?   https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-m1/ ... View more

Some people have been using Parallels Desktop to run the Windows version of Fireworks on Catalina and Big Sur.... ... View more

Hi - there aren't any Adobe apps that open a layered Fireworks PNG and keep its editability, you will need to convert the Fireworks PNG to another format if you want to use them in another Adobe application.   Here are a few options   1) Photopea - opens layered Fireworks PNGs - you can open them and export to PSD for example   2) Download these Fireworks commands for batch conversion of Fireworks PNGs to PSD format, unzip and copy the 'Batch Convert' folder to your Fireworks Commands folder. Come back to me if you need more help   ... View more

Hi Brian - I'm not sure you still need to perform that tedious Muse workaround .... Adobe pushed an update that seemd to fix the licensing issue people were having ..... I would (a) make sure you have the latest version of the Creative Cloud app (b) If Fireworks prompts with a trial window and a 'license this sofware' button, click the license this software button.   If your company has a multi-license subscription I would report the issue to Adobe support... ... View more

Hi Ann, what exactly is the issue you are having? ... View more

Do you see a 'license this software' button? If you do, try clicking it.... ... View more

If people want older builds, they can get in some cases from here, for example:  CS6 Builds CC2015 Builds ... View more

I think you'd be OK with CC 2015 also, which is pretty stable, faster than the current versions of Dreamweaver and it uses the old code editor (which is quicker and more stable than the current Brackets integration found in Dreamweaver).   I personally think Dreamweaver is on borrowed time, the updates it has been getting just seem to be service updates. The new integration of server behaviors went on the backburner and I don't see it making a return ... ... View more