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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 Heaton10841144

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

rterry1

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For the record I have manually uninstalled Maxon Cinema 4D on numerous occasions, and it keeps coming back.

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Warren Heaton10841144

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You can uninstall Cinema 4D Lite; however, you cannot uninstall the Renderer in the Comp Settings nor the menu options. Those are part of After Effects.

It will also still be under Effects > CINEMA 4D > CINEWARE as that is part of After Effects.

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...

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Warren Heaton10841144

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If it wasn't in the user documenation, I could agree with you on it being bad behavior; however, it is in the user documentation and an unistaller is provided. It would be great if the current installer includes a Customize option that allows users disable unwaned components (we had this prior to the subscription model) rather than leave users to uninstall them after the fact. If you happen to request that on the Adobe User-Voice pages, be sure to mention it back here and I'll go vote for it.

Although, I hope Adobe expands these partnerships. It would be amazing to have more products included at the current subscription price: Boris FX, Red Giant, Video Copilot, Digieffects, RE:Vision, Frischluft, Render Garden - just to name a few. Any of the 3rd party options listed in the AE documention would be excellent.

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