Adobe Crash Daemon preventing Creative Cloud Updater

[NeilBraz]

Hey folks, i'm trying to run the updater in the Application Manager on my iMac (Mountain Lion) but I keep getting an error saying

"Please close the following applications to continue:

• AdobeCrashDaemon"

If I hit continue it just keeps popping back up and can't see where that application is running (presumably in the background somewhere)

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Neil

[NixPremiere]

I had a similar issue. I couldn't update After Effects CC because of some open app called "Adobe Crash Daemon". I searched for the open app but I couldn't find it. I searched for "Activity Monitor", found "Adobe Crash Daemon", selected it, hit the stop icon in the top left corner, and selected "Force Quit" = problem solved.

[damianvines]

Excellent! Thank you David

[Lokah]

I was having this exact issue and this solved it!  Thank you!

[nurettint46270371]

All you need to do is just:
() "Close folders"

[RedRadouaneRed]

Thank you so much, it makes me know a new feature that I didn't know on Mac

[djdeforte]

I had this same issue, thank you for finding the solve, this process worked perfectly.

[closetworks]

Closing Adobe CRDaemon in Activity Monitor worked great. Thanks.

[LuminousWorks]

Why are we supposed to use Activity Monitor to overcome a shortcoming in the installer? I get this error every time there's an update to Adobe Audition and only that app. There are usually 3 instances of the damned adobeCRdaemon running that have to be quit. Why isn't the installer dealing with it?

[CottageCheesley]

8 years later and this issue still exists smh. the process found here works, but seriously, 8 years of this bug is insane.

[Alexandra5FB9]

Hey I am having the same problem, so i deleted photoshop off of my laptop to just re-install it but it is only giving me the update option instead of re-installing it. 

[kglad]

you need to properly uninstall, not delete with all programs, not just adobe's.

[eyeswideopen_]

Hello,

I'm searching for help. I can't use photoshop because the app wants me to close Adobe CR Daemon.

I already did it, also on the app monitor of my mac but it still doesn't work.

Anything I need to do more ?

Thanks for your help

[kglad]

shut down your mac > start your mac > retry installing.

[FlowerX]

I couldn't find the programm. After a while I looked in the CPU and could not find it there eighter.
I did a forced stop via the Apple icon and forced stopped the creative cloud. Next the update went without errors...

The AdobeCrashdaemon stoped by itself after (a long...) while.

[JMundle]

Thank You, this worked as you stated. Is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again?

[Bund josh]

Hi, 

Still works. Thx. I dont  know why Adobe has not fixed issue. Thx again.