Run the setup. Caution: this will close all Adobe programs, services and processes. Save any open work and complete any Adobe downloads prior to patching If you receive an error dialog at this stage it may be because some processes are slow to close.
Just wait a few seconds. If installed to default location the patch will detect all CS6 programs. If installed to custom location tick the checkbox above the button and select the Adobe folder from the folder browse dialog. When located the programs icons will show. If there is no icon the program has not been located and will not get patched The checkbox beside the icon must be ticked for that program to be patched. Click Patch Activate and the patcher will run through each program one after the other.
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There are keygens out on the internet that will generate a key for CS6 but they are considered malware and most Antivirus's will remove the keygen if found by them.
Even if you have a key for CS6 the first time you launch one of CS6's application an activations screen will eventually pop up requiring you to do a handshake with Adobe servers or do an offline activation providing you a request key that you would enter into the same keygen to get an activation key.
So it can be done that way, but your risking a trojan or virus if you don't get the right keygen. Some malware is just an app that lets you do something the software manufactures don't want you to do.
So even though it's not virus or trojan the antivirus software company's have got on board with the major software providers to flag those apps as PUP's potentially unwanted program's and will automatically remove them as if they were a virus or trojan.