How to Fix Photoshop - This unlicensed Adobe app will be disabled Soon.
If you are having problems with Photoshop Error - This unlicensed Adobe app will be disabled Soon. This article will guide you through several different troubleshooting steps you can follow to resolve the problem. More than likely you installed something incorrectly so that's the first place you need to start for the best results.
How to Fix Adobe Error - This Unlicensed Adobe App will be Disabled Soon.
The first thing you need to do in order to fix this problem is to reinstall the software following the exact steps in the installation guide that came with your download. Read the text file properly and follow the steps in the correct order. As the process varies a little we can't give you the exact steps here. However, if you have followed everything in the guide and still have problems you can follow the steps shown below.
- First, disable your Internet connection and uninstall Photoshop.
- Once you have uninstalled it, restart your computer then work through all of the steps below.
Adjust Your Windows Firewall Settings - Reconfigure Inbound Rules.
Access Windows Security Settings
- Click on the Start menu and open Settings.
- Navigate to Privacy and Security.
- Select Open Windows Security from the options.
- Under the Protection Areas menu, locate Firewall and Network Protection.
- Click on Firewall and Network Protection.
- Scroll down to find Advanced Settings and click on it.
- In the left sidebar, click on Inbound Rules.
- Select the New Rule option from the top right menu.
- Choose the Program option and click Next.
- Now find the path of the Photoshop.exe you are using to launch the program and copy it.
- Paste the copied path into This Program Path field:
- Remove any quotes from both ends of the path if they are copied across. Then click Next.
- Here choose to block the connection and click Next.
- Name the new entry for easy reference and click Finish.
Adjust Your Windows Firewall Settings - Reconfigure Outbound Rules.
The process for Outbound Rules is exactly the same as Inbound rules just select Outbound rules from the main page then follow the exact same process as the one for Inbound rules.
- Click on the Start menu and open Settings.
- Navigate to Privacy and Security.
- Select Open Windows Security from the options.
- Under the Protection Areas menu, locate Firewall and Network Protection.
- Click on Firewall and Network Protection.
- Scroll down to find Advanced Settings and click on it.
- In the left sidebar, click on Outbound Rules.
- Select the New Rule option from the top right menu.
- Choose the Program option and click Next.
- Now find the path of the Photoshop.exe you are using to launch the program and copy it.
- Paste the copied path into This Program Path field:
- Remove any quotes from both ends of the path if they are copied across. Then click Next.
- Here choose to block the connection and click Next.
- Name the new entry for easy reference and click Finish.
We're Not Finished Yet! There's More to Block.
That was the first part of the process, you will now need to find and block quite a few more .exe files using the same process you just used. However, this time around they only need to be blocked in outbound traffic.
- To find all of the processes you need to block make sure Photoshop is running then open Task Manager.
- Here just find an Adobe entry, then right-click on it and select Open File Location.
- This will give you the exact location you need to go to to find the .exe you need to block in Windows Firewall Outbound.
Now all you need to do is find and block all of the Adobe processes running and the problem will go away. After you have blocked everything, you can re-enable your Internet connection and you're good to go.
What is causing Photoshop error - This unlicensed Adobe app will be disabled Soon.
If you are getting this error message with any Adobe Software, there's a good chance that you didn't install it correctly. If you upgraded from the trial version it might be best to uninstall everything and clean install it again using the full version.