69 comments to “Adobe Flash CS4 Trial Download”

1. blastoiselaughs on February 7th, 2009 12:25 AM

   Thanks a lot, I was getting frustrated and this way, a direct download, is how it should be if Adobe wants to avoid ticking off their client-base! Adobe is ridiculous about trying to prevent piracy, as if the distribution a trial they’re offering has any correlation to piracy of full software.

2. Kicks on February 10th, 2009 7:29 PM

   Uhh, I have downloaded em both but I dunno what to do :S

   Help?

3. Timo Virtanen on February 10th, 2009 7:42 PM

   From Adobe.com:
   Note: This download contains two files: ‘.exe’ and ‘.7z’. Please allow the .7z file to download completely (100%) before launching the installer. When the .7z file has downloaded completely, double-click the ‘.exe’ file in the Download Manager window to begin installing your trial.

4. kim on February 13th, 2009 5:37 PM

   Ooh thanks a bunches. I had the same problem except that when using IE to download Akamai crashed instantly.

5. a on February 17th, 2009 12:00 AM

   I just need to say:

   THANKS MAN!

6. mike on February 18th, 2009 8:58 PM

   awesome man!
   thank you!

7. Zemalf on February 20th, 2009 2:34 PM

   Pro-tip of the day! Thanks man. Did all the “I wonder if it works with this browser” tricks as well, no good. Then luckily this page popped up for me. Direct links worked like a charm.

8. jojo on February 25th, 2009 10:02 AM

   Hey, Blastoiselaughs there is a correlation between full trail version and piracy. You just have to figure it out…c”,?

9. akis on March 1st, 2009 7:45 AM

   Thank you very much!

10. someguy on March 3rd, 2009 7:25 PM

    can i install it on vista? does it work fine on vista?

11. Timo Virtanen on March 3rd, 2009 7:29 PM

    Sure.

    Here are system requirements for Windows

    Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
    
    System requirements for ADOBE FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL

12. Neil on March 4th, 2009 11:58 PM

    Hi, I have decided to learn how to create flash vids… Could someone please tell me how big is the download is so that I know what the free download will cost (cost for gap).
    Thanx

13. Timo Virtanen on March 5th, 2009 10:34 AM

    The download (Win) is about 900Mb

14. Grono on March 6th, 2009 7:34 PM

    Thanks, the adobe download manager still has a ‘The file is corrupt’ message.
    Also

    “as if the distribution a trial they’re offering has any correlation to piracy of full software.”

    The trial is essentially the full software but with a 30 day limit and some of the content blocked off. So pirates just crack the trial and they have the full version.

15. maeby on March 7th, 2009 8:43 AM

    uhh … any ideas for mac users ?

    and does anyone know why adobe uses this totally screwed downloader ? this is not the first time I am having trouble with this stupid downloader. I mean, what do they gain by causing people so much trouble ???

16. Timo Virtanen on March 8th, 2009 12:44 PM

    I just downloaded Adobe Acrobat trial from adobe.com and it uses the same method (Akamai download manager) for the download process. It seems to work really well. I had no trouble with it. So I tried the Flash download again to see if it works there too. But no. It is the same. I am confused.

    Adobe Download Help states the following:
    —————————————–
    Why is Adobe using the Akamai DLM?

    Adobe wants to enhance the experience for customers that purchase a download from the Adobe Store and downloading larger product trials by providing the ability to resume large downloads.
    —————————————–

    Ok. But how does it “enhance the experience” if it is not working? Why not just provide a direct download link for users who dont’t want to use Akamai DLM. There are already tons of download managers that enable you to resume the download if it for some reaseon is interrupted.

    I don’t use download managers but if I did, I would surely wish to use it for the download cause I would most likely already be comfortable with using it.

17. McTonto on March 17th, 2009 1:54 PM

    Thanx! Got the same problem. Adobe’s new system (Akai) is totally a piece of shit!

18. Rei on March 18th, 2009 12:33 PM

    Hey,
    I can’t even find where to get the akamai dlm, everywhere I look is only useless info about it but no link to where to download it. Where is it, please?

19. Staaar on March 20th, 2009 2:27 AM

    erm… is this like macromedia flash but better?

20. ASB on March 25th, 2009 2:49 PM

    Tnx man…Have spend more than half hour do download the trial file. Message to Adobe: Keep it simple!

21. K Pitts on April 22nd, 2009 5:54 PM

    You are awesome!!! Saved me so much time and a trip to anger management!!!

22. Kevin Boyle on August 18th, 2009 1:06 PM

    Thank you so much, felt completely obliged to pass on my thanks as the Adobe Download Manager was driving me insane.

23. Mark Lewis on August 19th, 2009 10:49 PM

    Bless you sir! Tried 3 different browsers and countless configurations trying to get Adobe’s piss poor downloader started…

24. Chazz Lewis on August 21st, 2009 4:04 AM

    a brave man…..
    nice job!

25. Chris on October 1st, 2009 11:14 AM

    Thanks for this… saved an awful lot of trouble!

26. Izzy on October 1st, 2009 5:33 PM

    Thanks, was having the same problem and you just saved me from some grief

27. Bob on October 4th, 2009 10:05 PM

    Ur awesome

28. xD on October 5th, 2009 5:13 PM

    LLLlllloistavaa!! ja kiitos.

29. Helsinki_Dave on October 8th, 2009 8:44 AM

    ..it Akamai DLM does work, just not for Flash. Maybe it’s something to do with the popularity of the software..which in no excuse, since they should just pop a message up saying “Too late Dumbo” or something professional like that.

30. Konan on October 28th, 2009 2:00 PM

    thanks dude!

31. Timelimit on October 30th, 2009 12:15 PM

    YAY THANKS! The adobe download manager really sucks. btw, using a download manager does not really protect against piracy at all. well, except for that you can’t pirate something you don’t have. maybe it makes some sence XD

32. vman on November 4th, 2009 12:36 PM

    You are a genious sir, thanks

33. riggers on November 9th, 2009 7:46 PM

    managed to get the download working with firefox, but when I went to install, it didn’t work, it keeps saying there is an error, I tried to open the archive with 7-zip and it says half the files are corrupted, any ideas?

34. Ukyo on December 6th, 2009 5:38 AM

    I don’t know this website, and don’t care. I found this page when looking to download flash trial for Mac. After experimenting with the above links, I found the Mac link for anyone that needs it. Perhaps the webmaster could add it to the above. ADOBE is a shit company, and the day they purchased Macromedia was a major heart ache for everyone in web design. They can’t even design a good website for their own company!

    http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/FlashPro/CS4/Mac/ADBEFLPRCS4_LS1.dmg

35. Person on December 6th, 2009 9:42 PM

    How Akamai prevents piracy:
    1. The person goes to the download site
    2. The person attempts to download the trial
    3. After 3 days, the person becomes so annoyed that he and/or she decides it’s not worth it and gives up.

36. Timelimit on December 12th, 2009 2:43 PM

    all I get when I try is “Sign up and resume trial download”…though it worked fine before… but the file was somehow corrupt, so I had to re-download. (which I tried now, a few months later XD)

37. pim on December 25th, 2009 1:14 PM

    Adobe: you are morons! On my non-administrator account on Mac OSX I get “Failed to install client: Disk I/O failure. Aborting installation”. WTF? When I try this on an administrator account, the installer runs, but I end up with nothing. This is really great work Adobe, this is how it’s done circa 2010!!! Do I really have to go to a torrent site now, to get a *trial* version of your software?

38. piiiip on December 27th, 2009 5:40 PM

    Thank you! I thought I had to spend hours waiting for this to download. Thanks for the links. Happy holidays!

39. Aaron on January 16th, 2010 2:02 AM

    TNX a lot, stupid Adobe just ignores their users.
    Also a big thank you for Ukyo on December 6th, 2009 5:38 AM. I was also in need of a Mac version.

40. GoNinty on January 31st, 2010 9:31 PM

    At time of posting this, just downloading ur .7z file, when I use Akami Download Manager, and when I try to install, it says it can’t cause IE is open when its not. Hope this will solve my prob.

41. Depressed on February 8th, 2010 9:45 PM

    heya thanks

42. skato on February 9th, 2010 5:10 PM

    Thnx for the mac-link, adobe R n00bs

43. anonimus on February 12th, 2010 4:35 AM

    Where do you down the 7z file too?
    But anyway, Thanks!

44. anonimus on February 12th, 2010 4:36 AM

    Where do you download the 7z file too?
    anyway, Thanks!

45. Annoyed on February 12th, 2010 11:52 AM

    If any of you have problems with the direct links, try installing the akamai DLM and running the service.

    When i opened the links, the adobe page kept pestering me to use the DLM to resume a download, but after installing the DLM and logging in, both windows links (.7z and .exe) to flash cs4 work.

    I cannot understand how a company like adobe could use such a crappy download manager. I tried it on 3 different pcs in my company, with 3 different browsers (FF, IE6, IE8), but nothing works. This actually encourages piracy, because it’s more effort to get the damn DM to work, than to download it on bittorrent, rapidshare, etc..

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47. anonimus on February 12th, 2010 11:58 PM

    EVERYONE!!! I FIGURED OUT HOW TO DOWNLOAD FROM ADOBE.COM! JUST TURN OFF YOUR POPUP BLOCKER!

48. i&i on February 15th, 2010 10:09 PM

    Thank you, thank you and thank you! I found responses – but no answers – to queries on the adobe forum.

49. moles on February 22nd, 2010 11:11 PM

    You are so awesome. You just saved me $300. Thank you so much for posting this. This is the most useful and helpful information I have ever come across.

50. Charles Tounah on April 12th, 2010 8:20 PM

    I will add my thanks also. Adobe has pulled any mention of CS4 trial downloads from their site completely, so this was a welcome find. Thanks again.

51. Sam on May 1st, 2010 4:40 PM

    Just wanted to mention to people that look for other trials from Adobe as well, I have found a complete list of all the CS3 and CS4 links for all the Adobe products here:

    http://technolux.blogspot.com/2010/04/adobetrialdirectdownloadlinksakamidlmio.html

    Hope this helps anyone.
    Thanks!

52. Michelle Hikari on May 16th, 2010 7:47 PM

    LOVE! I’ve spent all weekend trying to get a CS4 trial for my mac only to get redirected to Adobe’s f***ing CS5 download. You’ve just made my week. THANKS!

53. battery on May 20th, 2010 1:49 PM

    OMG I FREAKING LOVE YOU

54. Randy S on May 26th, 2010 8:48 PM

    Thank you kind sir! This is priceless considering adobe has removed all CS4 trials off of their site and wouldn’t ya know I need it for school. Thx again!

55. Rima on June 11th, 2010 6:38 AM

    Hey..I got the download file option just once… but i coudnt download cos my IE stopped working…. rest all time its taking me to http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/dlm/
    What do i do… I need it urgently

56. JG on June 22nd, 2010 7:17 PM

    Ugh, Rima, I got the same problem, but my Sister cancelled it when she logged off my file. So, it just takes me back to the CS5 stuff. This totally sucks, I really need this! D: If anyone finds out a way around this, please let me know!

57. vid on June 23rd, 2010 5:36 AM

    Thanks much. Very helpful. By the way, does Flash CS4 trial download work on Win 2000? I know it works on XP and Vista. Please let me know. Thanks again.

58. ash on August 16th, 2010 9:29 AM

    thank you so much ! i love you so fkn much <3

59. ash on August 16th, 2010 9:35 AM

    OMG

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    YOUR LIKE THE AWESOMEST PERSON EVER !

    I LOVE YOU SO FKN MUCH <3

    
    SORRY ABOUT THE STUPID COMMENT AGAIN
    BUT I AM JUST SO EXCITED !

60. Mark on January 31st, 2011 7:19 AM

    Unfortunately, both links appear to now be broken.

    It was a good idea while it lasted…

61. Rod Smith on February 13th, 2011 11:22 PM

    I have a mac G5 with PPC processors NOT Intel. The more modern apps need Intel on macs but I do have Adobe some CS4, Photoshop,bridge,device central and extension manager. I am currently downloading FlashPro using link supplied by Ukyo which is currently connected and downloading so thanks for that.
    Anyone know the direct links for other parts of the CS4 for trial, as want to evaluate before purchasing and have got very frustrated like others here with Adobe downloads.

62. Rod Smith on February 15th, 2011 5:28 PM

    Sadly the mac download for Flashpro does not install so am sure Adobe have disabled it there end. It is very frustrating they will not old computer users try CS4 before buying. Would we not all like to afford a mod high spec computer apple or pc that can cope with CS5 or Final Cut 3?

63. SARAVANAN on February 20th, 2011 9:48 AM

    Thanks a lot for 30 days trial pack.

64. mani on March 11th, 2011 3:36 PM

    ok

65. Nio on March 18th, 2011 5:42 PM

    Didnt work for me:(

66. Adobe Sucks on March 31st, 2011 8:48 AM

    It doesn’t work anymore BTW adobe sucks ba11s

67. arn on March 31st, 2011 4:51 PM

    can we use the trial cs4 with any crack?
    if it will work as like as full version.

68. prakash on April 23rd, 2011 7:31 AM

    hi i need flashcs4 trial

69. Anonymous on April 25th, 2011 6:25 AM

    Why doesn’t it work anymore??

    Anyone please help!!
    -_-

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