Install Adobe Creative cloud on a drive that's not C

[Yana25471922nu3s]

I wanna install Adobe Creative Cloud on a drive that's not my C drive. I know that you can go to prefences and choose a different location for your installed programs like Lightroom and Photoshop but that's not what I'm looking for. I currently have 40GB left on my C drive so whenever I wanna import photo's into Lightroom CC it tells me I need to make space on my C drive before it can import my photo's. My drive where I've got Lightroom and Photoshop installed on have 400GB left.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

the adobe cc desktop app has to be installed on your c drive.  there's no other option if you're going to install it..

[Austin30053971edds]

Why?

[Peru Bob]

You will soon run into performance issues if you don't free up space on the C drive or install a larger hard drive.

You need more room for temp files, system files, and Windows updates.

[Austin30053971edds]

So your telling me in order to use these ridiculously overpriced programs i need to conform to their nonsense? I spend so much on these products i should be able to install them wherever and however i want. No wonder people pirate this 

[kglad]

So your telling me in order to use these ridiculously overpriced programs i need to conform to their nonsense? 

By @Austin30053971edds

yes.  

adobe suggestions have greater effect if made elsewhere.

for applicable apps, you can make (some) suggestions to adobe here, https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/x-productkb/global/how-to-user-voice.html

for others, use https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

[Taylor38]

I agree, I can't believe this is how adobe actually makes it operate and not sure why this isn't complained about more. How do major studios and offices who need this but have systems configured with a small OS drive and larger storage drives operate? I CONSTANTLY have to maintain my OS' small 250GB because it's always filling up with every adobe app's cache or lightrooms temp edits (and I use 5-6 different apps regularly so they definitely add up). And when I've asked adobe about it they tell me there's nothing I can do and act like it's a perfectly normal thing to need to happen. I have 12TB of other space, let me use it please!

[kglad]

@Taylor38 

see the previous post.

[Ajay Meda]

Apparently, Creative Cloud can only be installed on the default Windows drive, but individual applications can be installed in different drives by changing the following setting inside Creative Cloud.
File -> Preferences -> Apps -> Install Location

[kglad]

@Ajay Meda 

correct.  but even apps installed on different drives will use the os drive.

[Nancy OShea]

40GB of primary hard drive isn't enough space to sneeze with.

Your Photoshop scratch disk needs at least 100 GB just to open and edit files.

Uninstall all non-essential software. Move your work files to external drives to free up more space.