Adobe GC Invoker Utility

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
January 28, 2018
4 replies
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Is this a valid program? It is in the C:/Programs Files(x86)/Common Files/Adobe folder. (win 7 64bit) I found it in my startup tab, unchecked it yesterday, moved it out of my C Drive, and it is back this morning.

Thanks,

Don

FAQ

Correct answer

I'll already delete that file(C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\) but 'AGCInvokerUtility' is still to find in the startup tab.

Greetings,

Enrico

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Install and go to Tools > Startup and you should be able to right click on the process and delete it from there

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riazk5775772

Participant

WHen my computer switches on (I assume out of hibernate) I have over a hundred of these processes and it kills the ability to use the computer until they either disappear (takes 30 mins plus) or I manually terminate each process. What is going on and how do I stop this happening???

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bpv

Participating Frequently

Same problem, after an update last month Creative Cloud and agcinvokerutility started loading hundreds of times on my Windows 10 PC, completely locking it up. I use Bitdefender virus protection and my PC appears clean. In an attempt to regain control of the PC I used task manager to close hundreds of agcinvokerutility.exe tasks as well as Creative Cloud. It is extremely time consuming to close hundreds of tasks but once completed I used the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool uninstall app to remove Creative Cloud and reinstalled. I also disabled agcinvokerutility.exe and Creative Cloud in task manager start up and configsys and later renamed the exe file. Unfortunately, I still have the same problem, nothing I have tried will prevent agcinvokerutility.exe from launching hundreds of times or CC launching dozens of times and can no longer use my PC without running the command window and "taskkill /im agcinvokerutility.exe /f" . Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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Anonymous

Sadly no reply or support from Adobe, a workaround solution if you can gain access to your computer long enough to run a batch file is to copy and paste the following in Notepad and save as a .bat extension, then put the link on your desktop, if your PC allows a few seconds to move the mouse cursor to the link, click on it, hit the space bar, and it will kill all the running agcinvokerutility tasks quickly:

Pause

taskkill /im agcinvokerutility.exe /f

Pause

"Sadly no reply or support from Adobe"

Hi

This is a user to user so you're not really addressing Adobe here, for issues like this you would be better posting on the Adobe Feedback Forum

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mecdos

Inspiring

why do i have over 50 of this processes running on my mac?

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User1a

Participant

That's "pretty cool" how after uninstalling adobe on windows 10, this startup option AGCInvokerUtility.exe still exists, and the creative cloud file folder still exists. Adobe needs to fix their uninstallers. They're horrible. Better yet, stop bundling creative cloud, and a dozen other background programs (like agcinvoker.exe) that spawn a dozen background processes that have NOTHING to do with the program and that no one uses. Adobe used to be an awesome company a decade ago. That was until they went saas everything and started bundling needless bloat into their software. #NoOneAtAdobeIsListening. Garbage management, garbage software.

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rolandp36443738

Participant

Yeah I agree, some Adobe startup items is also crashing my file explorer, I cannot even create an empty folder - not sure if it is because I've actually started using Creative Cloud for backups now and use more space than I normally do. There is an annoying flickering of my desktop (icons / taskbar appears and disappears). All of these do not occur when I disable Adobe Systems Inc startup items like GC Invoker Utility.

Michael J. Hoffman

Community Expert

Yes, it is legitimate. You can read in the thread I linked below where Adobe staffer David explains as follows:

David (Adobe staff) wrote:
The AdobeGCClient.exe is a process that runs as part of the Adobe Software Integrity Service validation testing, which checks for any tampering with Adobe Software program files or improper or invalid license.

Here's the thread:

What is AdobeGCClient.exe?