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Windows Installer blocking CC installation

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
April 23, 2019
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When trying to update Adobe software, or Repair Creative Cloud program, Windows Installer pops up and stalls, and causes a Need Repair error for CC.

Cannot find any information with this issue. Windows Installer also interrups AAM updates, causing them to fail.

This began after a Windows update in late March. Windows (10 Professional) says everything is ship shape! ??? Any help will be appreciated, before we have to reinstall Windows 10 and start all over.

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kglad

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first see if you can remove cc:

uninstall everything cc including preferences, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html

then uninstall the cc desktop app, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

clean your computer of cc files per http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

restart your computer (don't skip this)

reinstall the cc desktop app, https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.

if you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)

use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials

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techi92034046Author

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I'm trying to not uninstall all of my Adobe programs, because they may not be able to install again, and I need them every day at work. It is annoying that I cannot update them to the latest version though.

It looks like there's a conflict since the March updates that Windows put out. I never saw Windows Installer pop up before during an Adobe install...it has its own installer.

Since the update, Solidworks also crashed and couldn't find its preferences. It took a few days to fix it, with their tech support. I still get error msgs from it, but the software runs so I can work.

Just an FYI, I am the administrator on the PC, so its not permissions causing a problem.

Thank you

kglad

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i don't have a problem with cc and:

John T Smith

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Search bar at the top of http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx for ALL Windows help... you may find an article about a misbehaving Windows installer

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techi92034046Author

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I've been trying Microsoft troubleshooting for over a week now... :-) They're no help...yet!

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