Hello,
I've just spend about an hour trying to figure out why the CS6 Exchange Panel appears broken after a fresh install. I finally discovered on Twitter, of all places, that this product is now discontinued. I hope that all the documentation on this product which turns up readily in a search will be updated soon, as it is still directing users to download and use this extension, while the extension itself is in a confusing partially-functional state which gives no clear indication it is discontinued.
[I would have liked to post this information for others to find in this old thread ("Dead links in CC Exchange Panel; in CS6 extensions don't install"), because the symptoms there describe the current behavior of the Exchange Panel for me; but I'm not able to add a reply to that thread.]
Anyway, this still leaves me with a question: what is now the appropriate way to deploy CS6 .zxp extensions? I am trying to deploy the free CS6 PS extension The Animator's Toolbar to some internal users. I understand these can be installed via the Adobe Extensions Manager after downloading from the new creative.adobe.com/addons site, but when I attempt to do so I am required to sign in with an Adobe ID. This is a problem because we have an enterprise deployment of CS6, where end users and support staff do not have individual Adobe IDs which are linked to our Creative Suite licenses. I can sign in with my Adobe ID, but get "The extension cannot be installed because licensing verification failed for user [****@****.***]"
From reading older support threads here it seems there was previously a way to install free extensions such as this without running into this restriction. Am I missing some step here? If I have the .zxp file for this extension which has no licensing restrictions tied to it, why do I need to sign in with an Adobe ID?