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Inspiring
December 21, 2023
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Can't install Photoshop for the life of me

  • December 21, 2023
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For some reason, everytime I attempt to install Photoshop or Creative Cloud, it just returns "Another installer is already running," but I already checked everything including Windows installer, and nothing seems to be running, any idea on how I could fix this issue so I could install Photoshop the app?

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Correct answer Niles33390424s1no

I fixed it, had to end some chipset setup drivers in the background.

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Inspiring
December 21, 2023

I fixed it, had to end some chipset setup drivers in the background.

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 21, 2023

I think both John an Bojan's suggestion should work.  I wouldn't have thought that an install process would survive a system restart.  The problem would be identifying the errant process in Task Manager.  There's too good a chance of breaking something if you ended the wrong process.

 

If you are trapped in some sort of loop, then run the Photoshop cleaner tool, and then try to reinstall.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

 

Inspiring
December 21, 2023

I already tried this multiple times, but I am stuck in a loop yeah, getting the same "Another installer is already running" error each time.

Inspiring
December 21, 2023

I also ran the cleaner tool, but it didn't fix the issue.

Bojan Živković11378569
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 21, 2023

Kill the process from Task Manager, or restart Computer.

Inspiring
December 21, 2023

I already tried this, doesn't work.

John Waller
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 21, 2023

Have you tried rebooting the computer? Then install.

Inspiring
December 21, 2023

Yes, multiple times.