How to Find My Adobe Photoshop CS5/CS6 Serial Number on Computer

"I purchased a download of Photoshop CS6 on my computer and I want to transfer it to a new computer. I need the serial number (product key) but I can't find it. How do I find my Adobe Photoshop CS6 serial number on computer?"

People are not used to backing up the serial number after they installed Adobe products like Photoshop CS5, CS6 or Lightroom and they don't know where and how to get the serial number back next time. Actually, after we activate the Adobe product, the serial number or product key will be saved on our computer. In this post, we will walk you through three effective ways to find Adobe Photoshop CS5/CS6 serial number on computer.

Way 1: Find Photoshop serial number via Software Key Finder

It is the most effective and easiest to get Photoshop CS5 or CS6 serial number by third party tool. Software Key Finder is a very trustworthy and easy-to-use tool that helps you find the product key or license number of most software including Windows system, MS Office, Adobe, etc. The guide below is about how to find Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6 serial number by Software Key Finder.

Step 1: Download and install it on your computer.

Step 2: Launch the app, and then click on Start Recovery button to look for all the product keys of on your computer.

Step 3: Then the license keys of all the applications including Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS6 will be presented on the interface of Software Key Finder at once. You can click on Save To File button to preserve all the product keys into a text file, so as to get them easily and directly next time.

Way 2: Find Photoshop serial number by System Info

You can also try to get Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6 serial number by System Info in Photoshop but it not always workable. Here's what to do.

Steps: Open Photoshop -> Click Help tab -> Select System Info option -> Find out Serial number on System Info window.

Way 3: Find Photoshop serial number in Registry

You can also find Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6 serial number in Registry but it is a little difficult and not always available in every computer. Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1: Hit Windows key + R shortcut to bring up the Run box and then type regedit and hit Enter.

Step 2: On the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following path.

Computer\HKEY\LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop

Step 3: Here you can find one or several folders named after number, which contain the registries of different versions of Photoshop like Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS6, Photoshop Element. Click them and then you can find the serial number on the right panel. But the displayed serial number is encrypted and you need to decrypted it with decryption tool.

Summary

All in all, you can try to use the ways mentioned above to find the serial number of Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6 on your computer. Besides, they are also available when you need to find other Adobe products like Lightroom, Bridge, Premiere Pro, etc. But not all the ways are workable. It's the most effective and easiest way to find product key of software by Software Key Finder.

Download: Software Key Finder