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Adobe Elements 2019. When I try to run updates, i get "updates have been disabled for this machine. Please contact your administrator"
Windows 10, the adobe update service is running. I get a prompt saying there is an update available when I launch elements Organizer, but when I click install, i get that message. I've looked in registry and cant figure out where this block is coming from?
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I tried that but receive the same error. The program generating the dialog box is Adobe update helper.
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Look in this location and see if you have a AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat
C:\Program files(x86)\common files\adobe\AAMUpdaterInventory\1.0
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I renamed this file just in case I needed to not delete it.. renaming it to Delete-AdobeUpdateAdminPrefs.dat worked well.
Thanks for the solution Jeff!
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Worked like a magic! Thanks!
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Deleting the file did nothing for me. After deleting and relauching on closing it pops up everytime.
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MAC_2979,
What version of photoshop elements and operating system are you using?
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I have 2019.
Just before you posted this I got an email tyo try the below and it worked. I was deleting that file from a different location!
Look in this location and see if you have a AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat
C:\Program files(x86)\common files\adobe\AAMUpdaterInventory\1.0
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This worked for me perfectly on MacOS Catalina 10.15.4. Its been driving me mental for months! I now have 11 updates on my Creative Cloud 🙂
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Also, just so you know, when I changed the file type of DAT to TXT and open it in TextEdit (before I deleted it), it showed this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Preferences>
<Suppressed>1</Suppressed>
</Preferences>
So for whatever reason, it was set to not allow updates? Deleting that file allows it all to update perfectly.
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Same for me under MacOS Mojave, it's even been years I had this update issue.
Thank god, not it's solved, just by deleting this file !
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Hi I have the same problem but I have installed the Mac OS Big Sur and the LR version 9.0 I have this warning appears when I upgrade would have to do on the Mac
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I did this procedure in big sur and it also worked! Thank you very much
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I do. I deleted that file, opened up adobe, and the "Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 Updater" program launched and is downloading files (looks very similar to the creative cloud interface).
Thanks so much for your help!
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and on mac?
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Look for the
AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat
in either
User Name/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AAMUpdater/1.0
or
Hard Drive/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AAMUpdaterinventory/1.0
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Oh yes, thank you, since six month i cannot update all my apps and your solution works.
Thank you so much.
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what do you do after that file is located?
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Hi,
I've stoped every Adobe apps, disconnect from Creative Cloud then delete the file.
After that, I reconnect on CC and be able to update all the apps.
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I can confirm that deleting the AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat has allowed me to get updates again. Thank you to everyone on this thread.
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Thank you - Yes deleting the AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat solved it for me too!
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hello where do i look for the adobe updater pres.dat in LR IN THE MAC AND WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE TO DELETE
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OK Suprimido y ya funcionan las actualizaciones. Gracias!!