Lightroom 5 license problem in CC

I have a CC membership but LR5 keeps asking a serial number!!
What can I do to solve this?

Hi Dallas72,
Normally this happens when your system is not able to connect to the Adobe's activation server. There could be few reasons for that.
Can you please check if there is any entry for Adobe in the 'hosts' file
Location of hosts file
In Windows :-- C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (Open the 'hosts' file using notepad)
In Mac ;-- Fiinder window --->click on Go ---> click on 'Go to folder' ---> type '/etc' ---> press enter ( open the 'hosts' file using text edit)
If you see any Adobe entry in the hosts file then simply delete it and then save the file.
Launch the program again.
Thanks
Kapil

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