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legitbotaki
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January 12, 2019
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Installing on D drive

  • January 12, 2019
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Hey, I set up my directory to download on my D drive but it still says I do not have enough space ( Download Error ). Is there any way to fix this? To be specific, I am trying to download After Effects CC.

Thanks for any help.

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Correct answer Just Shoot Me

Yeah the Default location for the program install routine, the part you have to download from the internet to actually install the program, is placed on the C system drive. I don't know of anyway to change that.

Also you are completely out of space on the C drive. You should always maintain at least 10-15 % (and some say as much as 25% on a SSD) of free space on all drives.

The Documents folder is store on the C drive and that can be moved to your D drive. Along with that all the Windows Default (My) Pictures, Videos, Music and Stationary folders can be moved off the C drive. Google how to do that. Those folders, if you use them, could be taking up space on the C drive.

But in the end what you really need is a Larger SSD for the C system drive.

You could also try moving other programs you have installed on C to your D drive. To do that though you would need to uninstall them from C and reinstall them on the D drive.

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Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Brainiac
January 12, 2019

Well if you have already set the CC DTA to Install All Adobe programs to your D drive (NOTE that has to be done BEFORE programs are installed. Otherwise any already installed program will stay on the System drive. With Windows that is C:)

And you are getting an Out of space error then you do not have enough room on the D drive OR the actual download, before the program is installed, is to the C system drive and you have run out of space on that drive.

To my knowledge there is no way to change where the Install.exe file is downloaded to. So you need to free up some space on your C drive.

legitbotaki
legitbotakiAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 13, 2019

Ahh, I see. I only have about 1.75gb on my C Drive left while on my D Drive I have 537gb left. Do you have any apps that you can recommend me to make more space on my C Drive other than Disk Clean Up because that doesn't seem to make much of an impact.

legitbotaki
legitbotakiAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 17, 2019

the most it would have is back-up of your phone.  but because you probably have an iphone, your back-up is online, if it's enabled.

most likely it's your phone's videos and pics and maybe music.  did you check to see its contents?

anyway, you can always move the folder (eg, to your d drive) and then move it back if desired.


I can't see its contents because they're just random numbers and letters with hundreds. literally thousands of files on the same thing. I'll try moving them.

edit: so I was moving just the old iPhone backup files and they have 11gbs...

2nd edit: I just got 15gb more space by deleting temporary files on the windows storage app? I don't know why there were suddenly so many files that could be deleted but I'm going to make sure it didn't delete anything important

kglad
kglad
Adobe Expert
January 12, 2019

install the cc desktop app from here https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud and use it to install your adobe subscription and trial programs.

with the CC application opened, choose the 3 dots in the upper right corner and then choose Preferences.  in the preferences panel select Creative Cloud and then look for the Install Location drop down.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/manage-cc-individual-membership.html

note:  you can't install on a drive's root directory and you can't install on a removable drive.

    legitbotaki
    legitbotakiAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 12, 2019

    I have downloaded the cc desktop app and tried to install it. I also changed the preferences to my D drive and tried to install. I also don't understand what you mean by '' drive's root directory '' and '' you can't install on a removable drive. ''

    By drives root directory do you mean my C drive that was with my PC when I bought it? and by a removable drive do you mean like a USB?

    Just a question, do I need to restart my PC for my download location folder to change?

    Edit: Also, this is what it says when I click More Information

    -------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------

    - 2 fatal error(s), 0 error(s), 0 warnings(s)

    FATAL: Fatal Error '120' occurred while download

    FATAL: Error occurred in download of package (Name: AdobeCameraRawProfile8.0All Version: 11.1.0.79). Error code: '120'

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    kglad
    kglad
    Adobe Expert
    January 12, 2019

    D: is the root of the D drive.

    create a folder (eg, Adobe) on your D drive and install on D:\Adobe

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