Removing Older Version on Windows 7

[jsmith69nh]

Hello- I would like to remove the older versions of software. Is there a way to do it through the Adobe App Manager or do I use the Windows Uninstall technique?

[Daniel E Lane]

In the app manager, go to the app you want to uninstall, click on the small arrow on the right, go to manage then click on Uninstall.

[John Waller]

See Uninstall or remove Creative Cloud apps

[jsmith69nh]

Thank you John. When I follow yours and Daniel's steps it gives the uninstall option on the CC apps ( the one I want to keep) but not on the CS6 apps ( the ones I want to remove.

Thoughts?

[John Waller]

Is your CS6 a perpetually licensed version (with a serial number) or was it installed as part of your Cloud membership?

If it’s a perpetually licensed version, there’s an uninstaller in the Adobe CS6 folder on your hard drive.

[jsmith69nh]

You do realize you are talking to an end user, right?:)

I believe that the CS6 was installed prior to our organization moving to the CC versions.

So even though the Adobe App Manager is aware of this version, it cannot control it?

Do you think I can safely uninstall CS6 Apps?

Here's the thing and it's really annoying. Whenever I double click a file it defaults to CS6 and

then says the file was created by a newer version.

[John Waller]

jsmith69nh  wrote

You do realize you are talking to an end user, right?:)

An Adobe end user? Yes. So am I. Not sure what point you're making unless you think you're talking with official Adobe support here which you're not. This is a user to user forum.

Yes, it is safe to uninstall CS6 but deactivate it first. In Photoshop, Help > Deactivate or Help > Sign Out (whichever option appears in your menu).

[Nancy OShea]

jsmith69nh  wrote

Here's the thing and it's really annoying. Whenever I double click a file it defaults to CS6 and

then says the file was created by a newer version.

That's a file association made by your operating system.  And you can easily change the default app that opens a file type from Windows Control Panel.  See link below

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-change-file-associations/

[Abambo]

jsmith69nh  wrote

Here's the thing and it's really annoying. Whenever I double click a file it defaults to CS6 and

then says the file was created by a newer version.

I have that too, as I'm testing the latest version of Adobe products, while maintaining the older ones on my computer to keep compatibility with my team. So my default association of the file extensions are the older programs. Sometimes I forget that...

The use can configure that on a user by user level, even that system administrators can overwrite the user's choice again, as done at my site during our test phase of the Windows 10 environment.