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Error: Unable to activate Macromedia products

The following content was officially published on Adobe's website after the activation server for Macromedia branded products was disabled. It is archived here for historical preservation. You may also find a snapshot of the original page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Adobe: Error, "Unable to Activate" in Macromedia legacy products.

Adobe disabled the activation server for several Macromedia branded products:

Captivate (version 1.0)
Contribute (version 2.0 and 3.0)
Flash Paper (version 2.0)
FreeHand MX

These are the last known good official Adobe URLs that allow you to download Adobe AIR SDK 32.0 for Windows and macOS.

Note: As of January 2026, these URLs were still active, but it is best to assume that they could be removed by Adobe at any time, without notice. If you anticipate needing this older version of the AIR SDK in the future, you should download and keep a backup copy somewhere safe. If these URLs are removed, you may need to switch to Adobe AIR from HARMAN instead.

You can download two versions of the AIR SDK, either with or without a bundled AS3 compiler.

URLs for the AIR SDK that includes the ASC 2.0 compiler:

These are the last known good official Adobe URLs that allow you to download the Adobe Flash Player 32.0 standalone projector content debugger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. These are executables that allow developers to open .swf files outside of a web browser, and they can connect to a debugger in an IDE, like Adobe Flash Builder, IntelliJ IDEA, or the SWF Debugger for Visual Studio Code.

Note: As of January 2026, these URLs were still active, but it is best to assume that they could be removed by Adobe at any time, without notice. If you anticipate needing a standalone Adobe Flash Player executable in the future, you should download and keep a backup copy somewhere safe. If these URLs are removed, you may need to find a way to run your SWF using Adobe AIR from HARMAN or Ruffle instead.

Windows: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashpla

These are last known good working URLs on adobe.com to .zip downloads of the Adobe Flex SDK from version 2.0 Hotfix 1, and 3.0.0 to 4.6.0.

Note: As of January 2026, these URLs were still active, but it is best to assume that they could be removed by Adobe at any time, without notice. If you anticipate needing any of these versions of the Adobe Flex SDK in the future, you should download and keep a backup copy somewhere safe. If these URLs are removed, you may be able to use the Apache Flex SDK instead. To download the Apache Flex SDK, visit https://flex.apache.org/download-binaries.html

Adobe Flash Documentation Markdown Archive

Links to archives of official documentation for ActionScript 3.0, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and Adobe Flex — converted to Markdown format. Adobe Systems Incorporated released this content under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license, which makes it possible for this archive to exist.

	// =================================================================================================
	//
	// Starling Framework
	// Copyright Gamua GmbH. All Rights Reserved.
	//
	// This program is free software. You can redistribute and/or modify it
	// in accordance with the terms of the accompanying license agreement.
	//
	// =================================================================================================

	// =================================================================================================
	//
	// Starling Framework
	// Copyright Gamua GmbH. All Rights Reserved.
	//
	// This program is free software. You can redistribute and/or modify it
	// in accordance with the terms of the accompanying license agreement.
	//
	// =================================================================================================

	document.body.querySelector("#ahpod")?.remove();
	document.body.querySelector("#mboxScriptContainer")?.remove();
	let h1 = document.querySelector("#content_wrapper h1:first-of-type");
	let article = document.querySelector(
	"table#inner_content_table td:first-of-type"
	);
	if (!article) {
	// some pages seem to have a different table id, for some reason
	article = document.querySelector("table#page_content_table td:first-of-type");
	}

	{
	"version": "2.0.0",
	"tasks": [
	{
	"type": "actionscript",
	"debug": true,
	"asconfig": "LibraryProject/asconfig.json",
	"group": "build",
	"problemMatcher": [],
	"label": "ActionScript: compile debug - LibraryProject/asconfig.json",

	/*
	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	You may obtain a copy of the License at

	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
	distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
	WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

Josh Tynjala joshtynjala

Error: Unable to activate Macromedia products

Adobe Flash Documentation Markdown Archive

ActionScript and Flash