New country, account problems; old Lightroom version, is new upgrade possible?

[miguelg50394280]

I moved country and have come up with all the associated problems that this entails with my Adobe account. I also changed computer and moved Lightroom to the new one. In doing so, I innocently downloaded a newer version (6.0 instead of 5.7), worked with it during the trial period-expecting to validate it with my old license at the end of the trial period, which I could'nt, of course. In the meantime LT 5.7 no longer works with my LT catalog, since it has been used with a newer version of LT, so I am stuck. I am thinking of upgrading, but when I do it I come up with the account issues. Adobe asks me to sign in with new account, but I wonder if I do so will it respect my existing previous .now foreign license? So my question is if I purchase an upgrade with an Adobe account in one country for a LT version purchased in another with a different account will they be compatible, will this be allowed. I obviously don't want to buy the upgrade and then find out it doesn't work.

I'd be grateful for assistance on this question.

MGH

[Just Shoot Me · Accepted solution]

Your original catalog is still there. LR 6/CC makes a copy of the original catalog and converts that copy. you need to download and install LR 5.7.1 from here and then install it.

Adobe - Lightroom : For Windows

Adobe - Lightroom : For Macintosh

[Just Shoot Me]

Also have your serial number handy and if the LR 5 serial is for an upgrade version have a previous version serial number on hand also.

[miguelg50394280]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try next weekend and I guess, as you say, it will get me back to where I was. Still have the doubt however if I can also do it the other way around: upgrade to LR 6, but with the issue of having a license from one country and now living in another. Thanks a lot in any case.

[Just Shoot Me]

You can upgrade to LR 6, stand alone, Upgrade one time cost, or subscribe to the Photographers plan for $9.99 US a month (Exchange rate may be much different) and get both the newest versions of LR CC and Photoshop CC.

Go here to buy the Upgrade of LR 6.

Software & Services

After clicking the BUY button you can select Upgrade which will lower the cost.

Buying LR 6 while in a different country that where you bought LR 5 doesn't matter. But you will need the serial number from LR or any other previous version to use the Upgrade serial number for LR 6.