There is a .bat script.  TASKKILL /F /IM "Creative Cloud.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AcroRd32.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeARM.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Desktop Service.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe CEF Helper.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Installer.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeUpdateService.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "CoreSync.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeIPCBroker.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Installer.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "CCLibrary.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeNotificationClient.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "RuntimeBroker.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeIPCBroker.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeUpdateService.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "CCXProcess.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "backgroundTaskHost.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AGSService.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AGMService.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "LogTransport2.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeGCClient.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "acrotray.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AcrobatNotificationClient.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeCollabSync.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AcroTray.exe" /T TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeExtensionsService.exe" /T net stop AdobeARMService net stop AdobeUpdateService net stop AGMService net stop AGSService net stop CoreSync net stop AdobeIPCBroker net stop Adobe CEF Helper   ... View more

I feel that Adobe at this point has made it so on a purpose that it can't be closed. It started with option to close it, but they removed it (for some reason), now they want you to run it at all times in the background without an option to close, most likely so you don't forget about Adobe for a week and to improve and increase interraction with Adobe products.   The latest CC app icon is in the taskbar and you can't right click on it to exit or close, you can only open the Adobe CC app and close it to taskbar.   It is running along with these 11 services: CCXProcess CCLibrary AdobeExtensionsService AdobeUpdateService Adobe Installer AdobeIPCBroker Creative Cloud Helper Adobe CEF Helper CoreSync node.exe (Node.js JavaScript Runtime) Creative Cloud.exe (Creative Cloud Desktop) ... View more

Photoshop is becoming more unusable with every coming year... ... View more

Same problem. Photoshop 2020 is very slow and it becomes slower with every year.   SSD Samsung EVO 850 16GB RAM i7 2.40 Ghz quad core 2GB video ram, NVIDIA 740M ... View more

I'm having the same problem on Windows 10 Could this problem be related to UAC ? ... View more