I highly advise anyone using the old AMTLIB activation method to move to the new, fully activated licensing method in the new AAMtool. If you previously used AAMtool to patch your AMTLIB files, follow this procedure:
- Launch AAMtool Press Setup. Go to the Advanced Tab.
- For any app that has a checkbox next to it in the AMTLIB section, uncheck the box (this will restore the original unpatched AMTLIB)
- Go to the Update Tab and press the App Mode button.
- You should now be able to run all your apps without the limitations of the AMTLIB patches. You can also run online updates to install any updates you are missing from any Adobe App "Help" menu "Updates" selection.
Troubleshooting:
1)
IF after this procedure you are getting asked for activation when launching an app, DO NOT choose Trial. Instead:
- reset your hosts file, go offline and make sure you are in "App Mode"
- Launch the app (causing the license manager to open) then use the keygen to put a new serial number in for the app.
- DO NOT close the keygen yet. Choose "Sign in Later", the App should launch.
- Go to the "Help" menu in the app and choose "Sign In".
- Now you should see the familiar "Having trouble connecting to the internet" text and you can offline activate as usual with the keygen.
- Do this for each app that is requesting activation. Don't forget to block hosts before going back online.
2)
IF your apps won't launch after choosing "sign in later", or you are getting consistent license mismatch errors, then things are pretty botched and you should reset your activations following this procedure:
NOTE: this will reset licenses for ALL adobe apps so you will need to re-actiavte each app. However it is the only way to fix a broken activation and saves you from having to re-install everything. This also ensures all the apps are fully activated and not missing/disabling features.
- in the AAMtool "Reset" tab press the "License Reset" button.
- Follow the rest of the instructions as outlined above in "1)"
--Do this for each App--
- Don't forget to block hosts before going back online.