28 January 2010

Adobe CS3 "License Stopped Working..."

Finally, a possible solution beyond the Adobe KB's that tell you to futz with the FlexNet licensing files. Not that I didn't spend a day and a half trying. Anyway:

Solution 7: Remove the SQLite journaling file.

The journaling file will only exist under specific circumstances where a client is accessing the database file with certain options enabled. If the file does not exist please continue to the next solution.

* On Mac
* On Windows

On Mac

1. Using Finder, navigate to /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache.
2. If present, delete cache.db-journal.
3. Launch Adobe Acrobat 9 or a Adobe Creative Suite 4 product.

On Windows

1. Using Explorer, navigate to \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache.
2. If present, delete cache.db-journal.
3. Launch Adobe Acrobat 9 or a Adobe Creative Suite 4 product.