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Inspiring
July 6, 2023
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Firewall settings are blocking Creative Cloud services

  • July 6, 2023
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Hello all,

I am getting the following error (see screenshot) that my firewall settings are blocking Creative Cloud services.
The IT specialist at the company has checked everything. Port 80 / Port 443 are enabled and the firewall is not blocking anything.

A new installation of Creative Cloud and Adobe XD did not work.

Switching off the firewall did not help either.

Has anyone had the same problem and a solution?

9 replies

Participant
July 22, 2024

try to close the adobe cc application via task manager, because if only close the apps not by task manager actually the apps still running in the background, after close it via task manager then just open it again, that way work for me.

Participating Frequently
July 30, 2024

Hi there, I am also facing an issue and I've subscribed to pro version so I do not understand. My internet connection is fine, all other apps works fine ...

Senjochka
Neelamk
Legend
July 30, 2024

Hi senjochka,

 

Have you tried using the other suggested browsers (Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome) to see if it makes a difference? Try clearing the browser's cache and cookies to check if that helps.

Also, try restarting your computer. Please let us know if this helps.


Thank you,

Neelam

Idrisoulmane
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2024

I had this issue, I was looking for some fix but couldnt find any that worked. so I removed the CC cloud using the adobe cleaner tool and riestalled creative cloud app it worked for one day and next day had this error so I opned CMD as ADMIN and typed "netsh winsock reset" command, I restarted the computer and now it seems that fixed the issue and it is working fine.

Participant
April 15, 2024

If you try to uninstall the program there is an option to repair (in Windows) this fix worked for me.

Participant
October 6, 2023

I get the same error message on MacBook Pro M2 (2023):

Libraries sync error

Creative Cloud services are blocked please check your firewall settings

 

I have recently updated to macOS Sonoma 14.0. Can this somehow be related to Sonoma?

No changes in network environment. 

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 6, 2023

@Finn350 

 

it could be related to sonoma, but:

 

first, update your os and then restart your computer. if that fails proceed to the following steps:

 

1. Delete all folders that start with “CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_xx_xx_xx” in this location:

 

WIN: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions

MAC: Macintosh HD⁩ ▸ ⁨Library⁩ ▸ ⁨Application Support⁩ ▸ ⁨Adobe⁩ ▸ ⁨CEP⁩ -> extensions

 

2. Follow the steps of Solution 2 in this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/libraries-panel-not-working.html

 

Before trying the steps - please, make sure you killed the CCLibraries process in Task Manager / Activity Monitor, as well as you have quit all Adobe related products.

Participant
October 6, 2023

Thanks for the advice! I restarted the computer, and now I am not even able to open the message pane containing the sync status messages from Creative Cloud icon (and there is no red exclamation mark either). I suspect that there is some incompatilibity with Sonoma and current version of Creative Cloud. As the repair instructions are quite complicated (I am relatively new to macOS), I wait for a while for an updated version of Creative Cloud desktop to see if the error would be fixed by that way.

Participant
September 18, 2023

Same error message. I turned on my MacBook Pro today and I got this error message for the first time ever. Only thing I did yesterday was install some Epson Printer Drivers for an old printer. Could this be the cause of the problem? I dont have FIREWALL on, and my VIRUS protection has not been updated.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 18, 2023

uninstall the drivers and see if the problem resolves.

Robert30591161ia6mAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 31, 2023
kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2023

@Robert30591161ia6m 

 

the author of that post reported it soon failed, and the problem returned.

Inspiring
September 1, 2023

Still working in our company since two days now. 

Legend
July 7, 2023

Did your IT specialist check Adobe's "whitelist" to make sure all the (hundreds of) servers needed by Adobe can be reached?

Inspiring
July 7, 2023

Thomas, of course, we have all done and tried all these things long ago. None of it has helped.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

do you have any anti-virus or anti-malware running?

 

<moved from cc services>

Inspiring
July 6, 2023

Hey klgad, 

short answer: no.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

contact adobe support via chat so they can check. there are 2 ways to contact adobe; chat and twitter:

chat:
use a browser that allows popups and cookies
and click here, https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen
in the chat field (lower right), type AGENT
be patient, it can take quite a while to reach a human.

twitter:
tweet @AdobeCare

p.s. if you're contacted by anyone (via email or private message), it's much more likely to be a scammer than an adobe representative. ie, double check for an employee badge if contacted in the forums and look for an adobe.com domain in the email address if you click reply to an email. then check again and be very suspicious. any other method of contacting (or offering to contact you) is almost certainly a scam, https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community-discussions/staying-safe-in-the-adobe-support-community/td-p/12919684/redirect_from_archived_page/true