How do I stop creative cloud leaving background processes running

I've never subscribed to Adobe's online CC services. I use Ps Elements.

I've found  SIX instances... 3-IPC Helper, 1-Desktop Services and 1-Update Service.

I've disabled these... they now use no CPU. HOWEVER... They all still use RAM.

Isn't that kind of like tying your car's steering wheel so it just goes in circles and you don't even have to be in it?

Can one 'rename' the .exe file something like .exx to make it not execute?

I have a solution that worked for me. I disabled it on startup with the task manager. I then restarted my computer and closed out a few little adobe things still there.

I made a Bash script to kill the background processes: https://gist.github.com/jivanpal/30af7741721e597575e10f5ef8560062

This irritated me too so I wrote a short PHP script to stop the processes:

<?php

// Save this as Adobe_Killer.php

// Get a list of all processes

$output= '';

exec('ps aux', $output);

foreach($output as $one_process) {

// Find just the Adobe ones...

if (false !== strpos(strtolower($one_process), 'adobe')

// ...but not this one :-)

&& false == strpos(strtolower($one_process), 'adobe_killer')) {

// Separate the process list columns. The username is in the first column [0] What we want is the process id and that's the second col [1]

$parts = explode(' ', preg_replace('!\s+!', ' ', $one_process));

// Stop the process

exec("kill {$parts[1]}");

}

}

That works for me on a mac:

$ sudo php Adobe_Killer.php

I have this problem too. So many companies do it, though Adobe is the worst offender, and it makes me hate the companies that do it.

Maybe I don't want 6 idle background processes running just because I opened a pdf once. Not only that, every company thinks... well it's just a small background process.. But it's 4-6 processes for every company that decides to do it. NVIDIA is another huge offender.

And Apple, windows.

Amen. I don't think it is just specific to Adobe, though. Too many companies are leaving too many things running. Why do I need an updater running all of the time? Why can't the program just check when I start or, better yet, close it?

Well said TechSmith, relieved to see I am not alone in this concern.

Further to the issue: I tried the CC 2015.2.1 update and found that the entire Lightroom task would not terminate when closed. I had to kill the process manually.

Have tried to report this through the bug forum but got no acknowledgement from adobe.

This was the real problem with the update for me, not the import change.

So hoping Adobe are aware of the shutdown issue and will fix it properly.

you can disable the cc desktop app from starting when you sign in.  you only need to run it once every 30-91 days.