Moving Adobe Acrobat XI to a new hard drive

I have an installed Adobe Acrobat XI Pro program I use very often on my desktop computer. I installed it with a download install. I am about to transfer to using a new desktop computer and trying to figure out how to transfer the program to my new desktop hard drive without having to pay for it again. Any ideas on how I can transfer it?

You cannot transfer software. You do not need to purchase again, so long as you have not lost the essential things you purchased. I'm assuming you don't have a subscription - that would be different. To reinstall you will need
1. The original installer. The original CD, or if it was a download, the archived download. If you did not keep it, you can download the demo - but keep the installer, it may not be round forever, and if it goes, that's it.
2. Your serial number
3. If it was an upgrade the older serial number.
You may get a message about "too many activations"; in this case you will need to contact Adobe to have it sorted out. Allow plenty of time.

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