How can I get into my locked Dreamweaver files?

I bought a new iMac last week and transferred my CS4 files from my G5 (not Intel) to the new machine. First I used Apples migration assistant and found I couldn't open any of the CS 4 Adobe programs. So after Googling for answers I copied them all to an external hard drive and moved them onto the iMac that way. Now Illustrator and InDesign work fine, but I get this message when I try to open a file in Dreamweaver; "xxx.html is a locked file and can be viewed but not changed. What would you like to do with this file?" If I click 'View', I can open it but can't do anything with it. Also, I can open and manipulate my Photoshop files but can't save them. I have a bunch of web clients waiting for me to solve this problem. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. (And yes, I installed Rosetta on the iMac).

It has nothing to do with your activation. How do I know that?
Simple: Up until 2009 I worked with developer's copies of CS3 and CS4 under a volume license through a former employer. A pre-loaded serial number. NO activation. I installed it and used it for eight months on one system WITH NO INTERNET CONNECTION. There was no way it could have activated even if it was required to. I edited files from other systems day in and day out on that machine.
I jump sites between a CS3 and CS4 machine regularly now. Different builds different serial numbers different activations. I even did it between CS4 and CS5 and my PC and MacBook.
Trust me when I say this is a Mac OS permissions issue.
You might want to look up the procedure for performing a CHOWN and and CHMOD permissions change in Single User Mode on these files. But it has nothing whatsoever to do with your activation of Dreamweaver.
If you need further proof. Uninstall it and reinstall as a trial. No serial number, no activation. It still won't open the files because it has nothing to do with it, even in a version (30 day trial) that requires no activation.

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