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Installing apps to external drive fails "unable to be installed at this location." Why?

Community Beginner ,
Nov 21, 2024 Nov 21, 2024

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Hi,

 

I've been trying to set the preference in Creative Cloud to install apps to another location on an external drive, on which I have numerous other programs. But it refuses to install Adobe apps there, giving me the following error (see image).

 

Screenshot 2024-11-21 at 2.36.48 PM.png

 

I have seen other folks say that they've been able to do this but for some reason, my system just won't do it.

 

I'm running a Mac Mini with Sonoma, and have numerous other apps on my hard drive that work fine. It's not encrypted. It runs the standard Mac format, has more than 40GB free, 

 

I even tried creating an "Apps" folder on the drive to see if it would install there, but same error.

 

Any ideas, friends? Thanks!

 

Screenshot 2024-11-21 at 2.43.37 PM.png

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Community Expert ,
Nov 21, 2024 Nov 21, 2024

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did you create a directory on that drive?

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 22, 2024 Nov 22, 2024

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I tried but that didn't make any difference

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Nov 22, 2024 Nov 22, 2024

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copy and paste here a screenshot of the cc desktop app drive/directory you're trying to use

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 24, 2024 Nov 24, 2024

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Hi Maxrocektmusic,

 

As I understand, you're unable to install Creative cloud apps on a different location. Please refer to this article that discusses the same issue: https://adobe.ly/3AZvfa2;

 

I hope this helps https://adobe.ly/3AZvfqy let us know the outcome.

 

Thanks
^KS

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Nov 21, 2024 Nov 21, 2024

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Can you try disabling auto-update? I don't think auto-update can be enabled if the apps are on an external drive as the drive may not always be connected resulting in an error.

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Nov 22, 2024 Nov 22, 2024

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Doesn't seem to make any difference 😞

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