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Prevent Maxon Cinema 4D Force Install

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October 26, 2019
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Why Adobe is force installing it with no option to prevent the installation at first place?

Each platform has standards, Microsoft has some guidelines!

Adobe should provide an option during setup, instead they just fill up our PCs with bloatware!

Don't believe me? Check after Adobe products' install how many services and processes are always running!

Solution is simple: Place a CheckBox on initial setup window: "Install C4D"!

Uninstall PS/AE/PR/ME and you'll see many of app files/folders/registry entries are not removed afterwards!

I'm truely appalled...

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Correct answer JohnColombo17100380

Hi all,

As noted here, installing C4D is now optional when installing After Effects 2023 and later. More details on how to choose whether or not to install C4D are available here: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/whats-new/2023.html#C4D-optional-installer

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

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Warren Heaton

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You could manually remove it, but I'm not sure why you would want to.

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omidsoloAuthor

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Are you sure 100% of After Effects users will absolutely need it?

But I'm sure Adobe got paid well to force pack it with AE!

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

The best 3D tool for motion grahpics not only has direct integration with After Effects (via the Cinewave plug-in), but a lite veresion of an application that costs several thousand dollars on its own is included.

It's installed in a way that's in keeping with the other 3rd party products that are integrated like MochaAE, Keylight and the Cycore Effects.

I'm not sure what there is to be upset about here. This is entirely to the benefit of the end users.

Jose Panadero

Community Expert

I cannot see any problem on this. It has a lot of sense to have an installation for Cinema 4D Lite and Cineware effect as a lot of mographers use C4D as their primary 3D tool for motion graphics and AE for 3D integration and post.

Why do you think this is not a good option?

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omidsoloAuthor

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Thanks, I didn't mean this tool is not good, I mean force installing of ANY 3rd party app/component with any software is NOT a good behavior and is a minus point in terms of development! They just have to give user an option to install it or not! We know that most applications leave footprints on the target system after uninstalling, both in registry and file system! Beside that, some customers won't use that! Thanks though...

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

I agree here with omidsolo it's bad behavior. Think bloatware on phones bad, not evil but the start of shaddy beginnings. Also I don't think it being in the user documentation counts nor does th uninstaller work as it will just re install the program later.

Having real 3D tightly integrated into After Effects has been a long standing feature request by a significant number of users since the After Effects team introduced the 3D Layer Switch.

I'm a little surprised that so many are not aware that this is Adobe responding to the demands of its user base.

It was requested. It's documented. It functions extremely well.

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