Upgrading to Windows 10 Questions

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July 3, 2021
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I am upgrading my Windows desktop from 8.1 to 10. Are there any preliminary activities I need to perform to ensure that the Creative Cloud apps run with this new upgraded Operated System.

Thanks in advance.

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Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

Hi

A lot depends on what Adobe applications you're using and what your computer system specs are, each Adobe application has different system requirements.

The most resource intensive are Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop

As long as you do a clean install of Windows 10 and your computer meets the recommended system requirements for each app you should be OK

C

carolynmilAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks Ged. I am doing a clean install of Windows and I have the Photography package: Photoshop, Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw.

Just didn't know if I had to "deactivate" and "reactivate" these programs.

John T Smith

Community Expert

Yes, you should deactivate before wiping your hard drive

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html

When you do a new cloud install you will be given the current program(s)

If you really want to keep using your old programs, you need to download

Direct Download Links https://prodesigntools.com/tag/ddl MAY help
-you MUST do what it says in Note: Very Important Instructions
-https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2015-direct-download-links.html#download-instructions
-the prodesign links go directly to Adobe's file server, so this process
--will only work until Adobe completely removes the old version(s) from the server
.
IF/When you do have a download, be sure to copy it to AT LEAST one external device
-since Adobe does sometimes remove old versions from the server
-a usb flash drive or hard drive, or write to a DVD

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