Unable to install on different hard drive! HELP!

[jontavarez]

I've tried installing on a different drive by moving the setup file there, but I keep getting "insufficient disk space" due to my SSD (C:\) being full.

What can I do since I do not want to have to buy another hard drive and removing applications from my OS drive (C:\) is really not an option at this point!

[Mylenium]

You define a default install location in the CC app prefs. Shared components will always end up in the system root drive, though, so you may still run out of space there.

Mylenium

[bleh32343]

This was found from another posting. Using the MKLINK is the best SOLUTION we have right now.

Basically, you are going to copy the entire Adobe folder to the new location, delete the original Adobe folder and replace it with a link to the new location. You will probably have file that don't wont to move because they are being used by Abode's autostart-up programs. So, then you will have either disable these autostart programs (Hard), preform this procedure in safe mode (Easier), or delete what you can of the original folder "reboot/delete again/and reboot again" (A royal pain in the arsenal).

I changed the installed location by finagling the Adobe directory using command prompt stuff.  I did a robocopy of adobe as follows:

robocopy  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe" "D:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe" /E /COPYALL  /XJ

then I did a remove directory on c: drive of Program Files (x86)\Adobe as follows:

rmdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe" /S /Q

Now you need to make a symbolic link to allow adobe to find everything it needs from C even though you clicked on it from D (my drive, not yours).  Edit: this is creating something like a shortcut from C:\ drive to the drive where you copied Adobe files; in fact in a windows 10 File Manager it will show a very small shortcut icon in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe, and when you click on the C:\ drive files folder for Adobe it will take you to D:\ drive Adobe files.

mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe" "D:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe"

Adding to this, make sure you do the same for the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe" as well to save additional space. Adobe installs a lot more files here too and this well free more space up in your puny SSD. This well work. However, when Adobe pushes an update, you have to repeat this procedure over ... Grrr ... because Adobe in there update process well delete the symbolic link and recreate a real folder again. Anyway, using 'MKLINK /J' (for junction which is a link to a folder) is what I use instead of 'MKLINK /D' (which is the default option). Though operationally, they're identical.

[Kanikas]

Moving to Creative Cloud Download & Install​