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Correct answer Jeffrey_A_Wright

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Lauren196350 most of the information provided by John is accurate.  There are shared components, registry entries, and preferences which have to be stored on your primary drive.  You can how ever choose a custom install location for the majority of the Adobe Creative applications included with your membership.  This option is found within the preferences for the Creative Cloud Desktop application.  You can find more information at Install and update apps - https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html.

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Jeffrey_A_Wright
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Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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July 8, 2014

Moving this discussion to the Creative Cloud Download & Install forum.

Lauren196350 most of the information provided by John is accurate.  There are shared components, registry entries, and preferences which have to be stored on your primary drive.  You can how ever choose a custom install location for the majority of the Adobe Creative applications included with your membership.  This option is found within the preferences for the Creative Cloud Desktop application.  You can find more information at Install and update apps - https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html.

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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December 14, 2015

Yes... but the question was about an external hard drive... which I took to mean a REMOVEABLE drive, which is a no-no since that will, at least for Windows, break the System Registry file when the drive is disconnected

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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July 8, 2014

As far as I know... no... you must have a permanent drive because the install process puts information in the system registry, and that information must stay the same, which is not possible with an external drive that may be disconnected

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Anonymous
December 27, 2015

Thank you I thought as much. External Hard drives are best for photos, documents etc. Thanks for responding this helped a lot.

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