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I tried several ways to troubleshoot this issue. It always gives me an error. I was told to run the CC Desktop cleaner, below is an extract of the log file:
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:12 2018] Please enter (y) for Yes or (n) for No. ... >>
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] Choose from one of the following options to clean up :
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 1. All
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 2. Adobe Flash Player 10.2
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 3. Creative Cloud 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, Creative Cloud & CS6 Products
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 4. Creative Cloud 2018, 2017, 2015 only
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 5. Creative Cloud 2014 only
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 6. Creative Cloud only
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 7. CS6 only
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 8. CS5-CS5.5-CS6
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 9. CS5-CS5.5
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 10. CS3, CS4
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 11. Adobe Id credentials
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 12. Fix Host File
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] 13. Quit
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:16 2018] Choice 😆
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] User selected: All
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\caps.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] HD DLL Handle valid
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] Got a valid HD Db session get func pointer
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] Got a valid HD Db session
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] HD dll Handle is valid
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] HD getTopLevelProducts returned code: 10
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] List of products installed on this machine
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] Listing products for cleanup:
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:25 2018] Please enter the option number of the product you wish to remove; enter (q) to quit ... >>
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:31 2018] Are you sure you want to clean all the listed products and associated files?
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:31 2018] Type (y) to confirm and remove or (n) to quit ... >>
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Please wait for Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to finish........
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] :: Cleaning-up left over inventories ::
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Atleast one Non-RIBS Inventory : False, Atleast one AAMRef: False
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ::Start:: Removing AUM contents
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:ADOBE_UPDATER_STARTUP_UTILITY
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-ACERPC-Sophie
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-ACERPC-Sophie" /F
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeUpdater Task-ACERPC-Sophie
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeUpdater Task-ACERPC-Sophie" /F
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ::Finish:: Removing AUM contents
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ::Start:: Removing OOBE
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Executing command "taskkill /F /FI "IMAGENAME eq AAM Updates Notifier.exe""
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] INFO: No tasks running with the specified criteria.
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/OOBE':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/OOBE':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the path specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the path specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AdobeApplicationManager':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AdobeApplicationManager':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] ::Finish:: Removing OOBE
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Removing content of Product : CS5Installer, Version : CS5
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] File does not exist: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] File does not exist: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\ProgramData\\Adobe\\SLStore_v1':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\ProgramData\\Adobe\\SLStore_v1':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] LOG FILE SAVED TO: C:\Users\Sophie\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool.log
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool completed successfully
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018]
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] *-*-*-*-*-*- ::START:: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:24 2018] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\caps.db
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/OOBE':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/OOBE':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the path specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the path specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AdobeApplicationManager':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:35 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe/AdobeApplicationManager':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\ProgramData\\Adobe\\SLStore_v1':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: u'C:\\ProgramData\\Adobe\\SLStore_v1':
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] *-*-*-*-*-*- :: END :: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] ---------------------------------------------------------
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* :: End Session :: *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
[Sun Jul 08 13:39:37 2018] ---------------------------------------------------------
restart your computer (don't skip this)
reinstall the cc desktop app, https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.
if you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)
use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials
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restart your computer (don't skip this)
reinstall the cc desktop app, https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.
if you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)
use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials