When you go to the Adobe link.
Right click the link and say: Download link file.
Take the zipped file out of your download folder onto your Desktop.
It will be a zipped file. Unzip the file and will get a file: FreeHand MXa Registration.

Then copy & paste this file into: Macintosh/Library/Application Support
- Create a folder called Macromedia (if there is none there)

Then also paste it into: Macintosh/Users/youraccount/Library/Application Support
- Create a folder called Macromedia (if there is none there)

Then relaunch Freehand.
Make sure Freehand is completely quit.

hope this helps
Derek

I have followed your steps unconditionally and still no luck! I am tearing my hair out here.
The main issue that I can see is that that link “http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/504/cpsid_50468.html” does not have a zipped file, but rather opens up in “Microsoft graph” all the time.

Any suggestions?
Kind Regards
Eric

Try this it got me working.

What I did is:
1. Delete all Freehand & Macromedia files from you computer.
- Do this by open your zipped “FreehandMX-en” file.
- Click on “Freehand Installer”
- A window will come up and on the top left click on Easy install and change it it “Uninstall”
- Once complete Uninstalled then re-install Freehand

“””””DONT OPEN FREEHAND AT THIS STAGE””””

2. Download the Freehand Reg file from: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/504/cpsid_50468.html

3. Open your finder and go to:Macintosh/Library/Application Support
- Create a folder called Macromedia (if there is none there)
- Copy you downloaded unzipped Freehand Reg file and paste it into the Macromedia folder

4. Then also go to: Macintosh/Users/youraccount/Library/Application Support
- Create a folder called Macromedia (if there is none there)
- Copy you downloaded unzipped Freehand Reg file and paste it into the Macromedia folder

Then double click on your Freehand icon and it should open up……!!!!

Hope this helps…..

Let me know
Derek

Thanks.

Thanks from all Freehand lovers everywhere!

Thanks