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Estragon Helmer
Estragon Helmer
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June 15, 2015
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[Locked] How do I remove the 'Creative Cloud Files' folder from my PC?

  • June 15, 2015
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I have never used Creative Cloud's storage, and probably never will. I have no files in the folder, and it is thus, irrelevant.

 

It appeared 2 days ago in file explorer, under /C:/users/ME... and it added a shortcut to itself in the favourites section in file explorer.

 

I deleted the favourite, and the folder, but the next day, when I turned on my laptop, both had appeared again.

Same thing again today.

 

Is there a way to permanently remove the folder, or at least stop the favourites shortcut from re-appearing?

    解決に役立った回答 David__B

    Based on customer feedback Adobe engineering has created a registry entry which can be set to either show or hide this Creative Cloud Files shortcut and is unaffected by Creative Cloud app updates. Please see this article for more details: Remove Creative Cloud Files folder shortcut from the Navigation panel | Windows 

     

    Some users reported that the linked registry file from the help article no longer worked on Windows 10. If you encounter this issue please also trying signing out and back into the Creative Cloud desktop app in addition to rebooting the system.

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    MI7Info
    Participant
    June 25, 2018

    removed creative cloud.  Really bad behavior by Adobe, this is how you lose business. 

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      gideonmaxim
      Participating Frequently
      June 8, 2018

      I tried a few of the solutions in this discussion and none of theme worked for me.  So, before going through the whole chain, I did another search, and came across this solution, which worked (in less than a minute, and in my case, without restarting).

      Tip - Remove Creative Cloud Files from File Explorer Sidebar

      Using Windows 10.  And CC (obviously).

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        Participating Frequently
        March 21, 2018

        Yep, as a 20-year user of Adobe software, I've seen their attitude toward printed graphics professionals change. You need to keep in mind that making money with software is not an easy thing to do. They suck as much cash as they can out of their already established apps, and you can't blame them about it. Unfortunately, unless you are just mucking around with basic functionalities, there's no real competition and we are pretty much stuck with them for the foreseeable future. I hate to say they are still the best. And for all Adobe make wrong, or willingly omit to make, I still love the way AI / PS / ID work in general.

        I've tried altenatives. Affinity is interesting, but, to be honest, they're not ready to take Adobe's part of the market. They're good but still in the "cute" category as far as I'm concerned.

        This whole Cloud foolery is the cherry on the cake. It's the most stupid move they ever made IMO. The cloud itself is not a viable notion, it's an energetic nonsense to have servers run 24/7. There's also something very fashionable about integrating the server-based service world. And my take is that fashions die quick.

        I've made the registry modification, I hope it holds for a while…

          DRBDS
          DRBDS
          Participant
          March 21, 2018

          Interesting. I would expect Adobe sees printed graphics as something soon to be dead. As someone making purely digital content, Photoshop is literally the only thing in the Adobe quiver that I even halfway want to use. Except I really don't, recently, and only habit makes me come back. I think the investment here is just falling behind the use cases. I look forward to whatever replaces this mess.

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            Participating Frequently
            March 21, 2018

            I get you, DRBDS. That sounds like a point. Only I'm not so sure print will disappear as quickly as the "cloud" will (calling it a cloud is such an irony, when you know it runs basically on charcoal and nuclear power).

            To go on with the philosophy... Electronics and computers and networks are here to stay, but we are still toying around with a loaded gun at this stage, and at some point we will shoot ourselves in the face badly, I'm sure. Just look at the Facebook scandal these days. It's going to get worse quick...

            DRBDS
            DRBDS
            Participant
            March 19, 2018

            I installed this because my university gives it to me.   I uninstalled it within an week.  I agree with the poster above who suggests removing Creative Cloud and moving on with your life. This software costs too much in time and complexity to be worth it... even when free. Krita and Gimp are great these days, and this bloated mess is just not worth the headache.  Sad, I used to love this toolchain...

              rterry1
              rterry1
              Participating Frequently
              January 25, 2018

              It's really amazing that this issue still exists. And on top of that, this issue still arises from time to time. Over the past few years I've used this fix at least 4 or 5 different times because something brings that useless folder back, and I have to return to this exact same thread to remember the fix.

              I sincerely hope some real competition comes around. I get the feeling that many Adobe customers would be anxious to jump ship, given the chance. At the very least, it would give Adobe the motivation it needs to push real, requested fixes in a reasonable amount of time (seeing as, apparently, customers simply complaining and begging isn't enough).

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              Plizze
              Participant
              December 24, 2017

              Open RedEdit:

              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace
              Here there are the names of your virtual devices (on the Cloud)

              In my case 2 keys appear, one for "OnDrive" and other for "Creative Cloud Files".

              Click on the chain that belongs to Creative Cloud, press Delete.

              Sorry my english, I'm from Spain

                johnf76405211
                johnf76405211
                Inspiring
                January 2, 2018

                Your English is just fine, your solution even better. And very much appreciated. Gracias!

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                  jenniferk89385910
                  Participant
                  October 30, 2017

                  This doesn't work for me... Also, using all those regedit stuff, not finding it so not working.

                  Anyone?

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                  laras74585142
                  Participant
                  October 25, 2017

                  adobe creative cloud with new adobe 2018

                  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

                  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0E270DAA-1BE6-48F2-AC49-8043082324FE}]

                  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{0E270DAA-1BE6-48F2-AC49-8043082324FE}]

                  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]

                  "{0E270DAA-1BE6-48F2-AC49-8043082324FE}"=dword:00000001

                  Royi A
                  Royi A
                  Inspiring
                  October 27, 2017

                  laras74585142​, What one should do with those registry key?

                  What one could remove yet still keep the update functionality working?
                  Namely, the bare minimum for update but nothing more.

                  Thank You.

                  Royi A
                  Royi A
                  Inspiring
                  October 21, 2017

                  Adobe,

                  Just give us an option to Install CC Applications without the CC.
                  Really, it creates 7 different processes.

                  This is lousy framework, please stop this madness.

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                    tangerone
                    Participant
                    September 4, 2017

                    I just uninstalled Creative Cloud and it got rid of the icon in my Windows Explorer navigation pane.  To uninstall Creative Cloud I went to Control Panel, Programs and Features, and selected Creative Cloud.  This seemed a lot easier than playing around with the registry.

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                      caspara35220723
                      Participant
                      October 5, 2017

                      D'oh, why didn't I think of that.

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