Why  will photoshop not open after loading it to new iMac computer from an external hard drive and I get this message: Licensing for this product has stopped working:error code: 150:30

Why will Photoshop CS4 not open after loading to new iMac from an external hard drive and I get this message: Licensing for this product has stopped working:error code: 150:30

A Photoshop installation is tied to the machine it was installed on. Moving it to or from a hard drive breaks the licensing.
The answer is easy: Reinstall CS4 from your disc. and apply all updates.
Gene

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    Launch the Apple Disk Utility:
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    Click Repair Disk Permissions.
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    Important: The path listed below refers to the Library folder that lives just inside your startup disk, not the Library folder inside your user home folder!
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    Close out of all Adobe applications. Follow the directions below to modify permissions to the folder.
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    Expand the Ownership & Permissions section.
    Click the Details option to show the various owner and group options.
    Verify that you have Read & Write permissions.
    Click the lock icon next to the Owner field, choose yourself as the Owner, type in your administrator username and password when prompted, and click OK.
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    Using Finder, navigate to the folder to be modified.
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    Expand the Sharing & Permissions section.
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    Click the lock icon in the lower right corner. Type in your administrator username and password when prompted and click OK.
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    Change Everyone to have Read & Write permissions.
    Click the Gear icon and select Apply To Enclosed Item.
    Close the Get Info dialog box.
    Launch Adobe Acrobat 9 or an Adobe Creative Suite 4 product.
    Solution 6: Remove the SQLite journaling file.
    Important: The path listed below refers to the Library folder that lives just inside your startup disk, not the Library folder inside your user home folder!
    The journaling file exists only under specific circumstances where a client is accessing the database file with certain options enabled. If the file does not exist, continue to the next solution.
    Using Finder, navigate to:
    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache
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    Select the drive Acrobat 9 has been installed on and check the file system in the list. Note if the file system is case sensitive.
    Alternatively, use the Disk Utility to check the file system:
    From Applications > Utilities, launch the Disk Utility
    Select the disk Acrobat is installed on and check its format.
    Solution 8: Contact Adobe Technical Support
    Adobe Technical Support can obtain logs from your machine to determine additional information about the failure. Contact Adobe Technical Support if the information provided has not helped to resolve your issue.
    Additional Information
    The Flexnet folders/files required to run Adobe applications can get corrupted, or have permission settings problems, if moved from one machine to another, or through a system restore from Time Machine. Flexnet service licensing failures can't be resolved by re-installating the appliaction, nor will the Adobe CS3 or CS4 Clean Scripts solve this problem. If permissions issues prevented the FLEXnet licensing service from launching, accessing its data, or communicating with Adobe processes, the licensing failure is expected.

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