Lightroom 5 keeps asking for a serial every time it starts after activation

I just purchsed an upgrade serial for Lightroom 5. I enter it at the Try/Buy splash screen, it indicates that it is correct (green checkmark), I also provide the LR4 serial (autofilled, as it is still installed, green checkmarked), and hit Finish. Lightroom starts properly, but it shows the try/buy splash screen again at next launch. And this goes on forever.
I contacted customer support, chatted with 2 agents, they were completely incompetent, and kept me waiting forever after finally understanding what my problem was.
So now I have a purchased serial number and only 2 days left of trial, what should I do? Any help is appreciated.

Please Set correct permissions on Adobe /Lightroom folder inside Application Support
/Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom
Make sure we give read and write permission to the admin , user account and everyone also .. if ok
and also please apply to enclosed items for the same by clicking on the gear icon .
Please check this article :
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/error-changing-modules-lightroom.html

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