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boba90370176
Participating Frequently
July 10, 2018
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Unwanted Creative Cloud

  • July 10, 2018
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Creative Cloud has taken over my Adobe programmes, noticeably Photoshop.

When I try to open Photoshop, a window labelled Creative Cloud opens and tells me to wait for ever more.

Presumably this is because I have not paid anything.

I do not want Creative Cloud but want Photoshop back.

How do I do this?

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christinet24405069
Participant
October 20, 2019

無法開啓PS,當啟動Adobe Creative Cloud時,發生暫存資料夾塞滿而發生磁碟空間太少錯誤

arij2010
Inspiring
July 11, 2018

Try this :

1 - Quits All Adobe background processes :

Adobe CEF Helper

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe IPC Broker

Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service

CCLibraries

CCXProcess

Creative Cloud

CoreSync

- For MAC :Run the Activity monitor to quit these processes .

Go to Application > Utilities > Activity monitor .

Select the process and force quit

- For Windows :Run the Task Manager to quit these processes .

Windows 7 : "Ctrl+Shift+Esc"

Windows 8 and 10 : "Windows+X" to Access the Power User Menu

2 - Rename The folders "SlStore" , "SlCache" and "OOBE" to "SlStore.old" , "SlCache.old" and "OOBE.old" in this location :

- For MAC :

MAC HD/Users/<user folder>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE

MAC HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SlStore

MAC HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SlCache

- For Windows :

C:\Users\<user folder>\AppData\Local\Adobe\OOBE

C:\ProgramData\Adobe\SLStore.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ SlCache

3 - If you are on windows ,right clic on Photoshop and choose "run as admin "

boba90370176
Participating Frequently
July 11, 2018

Hi Arij

Thank you for the detailed instructions.

I did all you suggest but, at the end, clicking on the Photoshop icon resulted in the same outcome as before - a large clear box with Creative Cloud in the top LH corner and the message - Please wait for a moment....

I noticed that the Adobe applications Manager and License Utility both come on in the Task Manager Process window when I click on the PS icon. I am unable to switch these off.  Have I missed an instruction somewhere?

Any other suggestions?

boba90370176
Participating Frequently
July 13, 2018

Hello Arij2010

I did all you suggested but now an error message comes up saying my Adobe Application Manager is missing or damaged and I need a new copy. 

The link provided does not work and I am unable to find the Application Manager download.

Sorry to be a nuisance.  Where is the file actually located?

boba90370176
Participating Frequently
July 11, 2018

Hello Ned

I followed your advice and uninstalled Creative Cloud using the downloaded programme.

This worked.  However, I am still unable to open Photoshop.  The same Creative Cloud box opens and tells me to wait (after it has checked the license).  Nothing then happens.

Do you have any suggestions to solve this one?

Ned Murphy
Ned MurphyCorrect answer
Legend
July 10, 2018