CC Files Not Syncing and CC App Can't Open

My initial issue was the first in the title, where my Creative Cloud Files folder on my desktop was not syncing. The files I wished to retreive were successfully uploaded, and they were available on the CC website, but not on my PC.

The fixes I saw involved the use of the Creative Cloud app, so I opened it to try fix the issue.

It was then that I discovered my CC app refuses to open. It gives the message "Creative Cloud is taking longer than usual to load. Relaunch Creative Cloud or restart your computer and try again".Then, it gives "Unable to reach Adobe servers. Please check your firewall settings, ensure that the time settings on your computer are correct, and try again.". It gets stuck, then, on the second message until I relaunch.

I restarted CC, as well as my PC, to no avail. I used the uninstall tool to repair the app, and that also didn't work - nor did uninstalling and reinstalling CC. I also tried running as an Administrator.

The only other fix I have seen involved deleting the apps installed with CC. I am hesitant to do this, as those apps work and I can access cloud files within them like normal, and, if I uninstall them and the CC app continues to not work, I will be forever locked out of these apps which I have paid a large sum of money to be able to use.