what install files can be deleted in elements 14

[monsieurms]

Hi....on purchasing, this allows download of a WinInstaller to setup the program. (PhotoshopElements_14_LS28_win64)

On running the Win Installer, it unzips some sort of package and creates a folder called Adobe Photoshop Elements 14.

That in turns contains (yet another) set up file from which I finally got to install the actual program.

Once having gotten to the Adobe Elements 14 folder, do I need to keep the PhotoshopElements_14_LS28_win64.* file for anything? They look like mostly the same files and they take roughly 3gb each.

[kglad]

you might want to save the install files for a future installation.  otherwise, they're not needed.

p.s.  i rename files/folders with a $ prefix and thereafter leave the folder/file alone.  i usually forget i've done that and when i encounter the folder/file some days/wks/mos later, i know i can safely delete.

[monsieurms]

Thanks for the response, but that doesn't really distinguish between the two install files I mentioned.

I definitely want to keep at least one install file for future reference.

The question is, given Adobe's rather cumbersome process, do I need BOTH, as listed above in my Post 1, to successfully complete a fresh install some day, or will one do it? And if just one, which one? Or doesn't it matter?

[kglad]

keep the one your downloaded, not the extract file.

[thatsmauri · Accepted solution]

Hi monsieurms,

it's really up to you, which one you delete

I personally would keep the "PhotoshopElements_14_LS28_win64" one and delete the extracted files.

Kind Regards,

Maurice