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September 6, 2025
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Creative Cloud Desktop – Black Bar on Right, UI Cut Off, Cannot Click Anything

  • September 6, 2025
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I’m experiencing a major issue with the Creative Cloud Desktop app on Windows. The interface shows a giant black bar on the right-hand side, and information is cut off on the left. None of the buttons or links in the interface are clickable.

 

Steps I’ve taken so far:

  • Uninstalled all Adobe apps and reinstalled Creative Cloud.

  • Ran the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool.

  • Deleted opm.db and cleared the %localappdata%\Adobe\OOBE folder.

  • Cleared the %appdata%\Adobe\Creative Cloud Libraries folder.

  • Used Ctrl+Alt+R to hard reset the app.

  • Quit all Adobe processes (Creative Cloud, CoreSync, CCXProcess, etc.) and relaunched.

  • Adjusted Windows display scaling (100% and 125%).

  • Toggled GPU acceleration in Preferences (when I could access it).

 

Unfortunately, the issue persists — the app window still has a black bar on the right, UI elements are cut off, and nothing in the interface responds to clicks.

 

System details:

  • Windows 10 (64-bit) [or 11, whichever applies]

  • Latest Creative Cloud Desktop version (fresh install)

  • All Adobe apps currently uninstalled while troubleshooting

 

Has anyone else run into this issue, or does Adobe have a known fix? At this point the app is unusable and

 

I can’t manage my subscriptions or install software.

Thanks in advance for any help,


1 reply

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 6, 2025

expand to the left (that's where it's cut off). or click this icon