Short on space, so bought an M.2 - re-install options?

[Paul_Iddon]

So my SSD drive is small and often gets down to under 5Gb of free space!

Today I have bought an M.2 drive (hopefully it will be recognised by my motherboard)  which I want to put my current Adobe CC package on.

Do I simply unistall all Adobe programmes and then just download them again and re-install? I assume simply copying everything in the Adobe folder to the new drive would cause loading problems?

Wil I need a new activation code or will it recognise my CC package automatically?

Thanks in adance.

Paul.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

uninstall every cc app including preferences, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html

 open the cc application, click file>preferences>apps>and change the install location (to a non-root folder on your new local hard drive).

install the programs you wanted to move.

[Paul_Iddon]

Thank you. I will do that tonight once I put the M.2 in place.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

p.s. while @Peru Bob's recommendations are generally good, in this case, to not uninstall your cc desktop app/clean etc unless there's a problem with your currently installed cc app (especially if it recognizes your newly installed hard drive after installing it and restarting your computer).

[Peru Bob]

Uninstall all Adobe and then download the CC desktop app and install from the app.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-desktop-app-download.html

If you have issues, use the Cleaner Tool:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

[Paul_Iddon]

I have changed the deafult install location under >FILE   >Apps to my "G" drive to re-install the CC package but even though it says "INstall Location Changed" it still goes and tries to install back on my C drive.

What can I do?

[Paul_Iddon]

Is it because I said "Keep" preferences?

[kglad]

follow each applicable step (eg, my understanding is you can't uninstall any app because they're all uninstalled):

uninstall every cc app including preferences, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html

then uninstall the cc desktop app, again using the correct uninstaller, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html#sa_src=web-mes...

clean your computer of cc files per http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

check for, and if available, update your os

repair all ms visual c++ versions that can be repaired.

update your ms visual c++, if it can be updated

restart your computer (don't skip this)

redownload and reinstall the cc desktop app, https://creativecloud.adobe.com/apps/all/desktop?action=install&source=apps&productId=creative-cloud

if you're unable to download the cc desktop app at this stage, use the link at the bottom of the page at https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-desktop-app-download.html
use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials

[Paul_Iddon]

Fantastic, all done, all now on my M.2 drive.

Next question - the re-install now shows the first image when I start PS, but I want it showing that - I want the screen centre not to show anything as I want to work my way to where I want to go. How do I set the preferences to just show the second start point.

Also, when I zoom out an image it shrinks to a smaller place and goes to the left rather than staying (snapping) central to the workspace. How can I set it to stay central please.

Thanks all in advance.

[kglad]

post ps questions in the ps forum.