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Let us deside where to install it

UX software,

that give me a very first awfull experience just at installation, as it decide to install itself on the clutered C: drive while I have lot of free space on others drive.

p.s.
and while I am here, seriously, on desktop, why are you giving the advise of using space + LMB to navigate; and not giving the alternate way as it is here: the middle mouse button.

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sylvain shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
not-a-feature-request  ·  AdminElaine (Adobe) (Product Manager, Adobe) responded  · 

You can already set the install location of all of your Creative Cloud apps through the Creative Cloud desktop application. From the CC Desktop App, click on the Gear > Preferences > Creative Cloud and click on the drop-down underneath “Install Location.” As this is not an XD-specific request, I’m marking this as not a feature request.

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-Elaine

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  • Jonas Steger-Jensen commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm also still waiting for this feature. Also, why there are some copy.xd files created in my C:\Users\user\AppData. I don't have enough place there, let us decide !!!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Even when it is set to D it is installing updates and even full applications (Media Encoder) on C even after specifying D

  • Anon commented  ·   ·  Report

    not true, i ran the after effects installer and it started installing without asking me wehre

  • Michael H commented  ·   ·  Report

    Nope, this absolutely is a feature request - because you can't select the install location until you've installed the CC app.

    And if you can't install the CC app because you can't specify the install location, i.e. you have a case sensitive drive format on OSX, then you're stuck.

    So yeah, nah. The product manager who marked this as not a feature request doesn't have a clue about their own product.

  • Andreas commented  ·   ·  Report

    Really? After all this time it still just installs on drive C:?

  • crom commented  ·   ·  Report

    Download trial ...install Creative Cloud = cannot select installation directory.
    I agree with @anna, Is this the stone age?
    Not a good first impression as I go to start the trial.

  • Guy MacGeorges commented  ·   ·  Report

    @Elaine
    Your answer is illogical: You suggest to change the install folder on the application preferences. Therefore after the app itself was installed.
    I, and a lot of adobe users, would like to change the install folder, including the Adobe Cloud app install folder. But the install wizard don't let us the choice.
    (I landed on this page because of the Adobe cloud install location)

  • Anna commented  ·   ·  Report

    so annoying !@!@!@@!
    fix it up adobe !
    what is it stone age ? evey decent app lets You choose where You want Your stuff be stored. this is unacteptable

  • Mason commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed. Incredibly annoying feature of the CC install. It generates thousands and thousands of files adding up to gigs on the main HD even though you can select where to install the apps. Terrible UX I would say.

  • Matt Dillon commented  ·   ·  Report

    April 2019 and still installs to C drive. Just updated to the latest version of the main CC app and made sure that the install directory was where I wanted it. After closing preferences I checked it again just to make sure. I then installed other CC apps that had never been on here before and they still installed on the C drive. Starting to get low on space here...

  • Matt commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah, still tries to install to the C: drive. When will this be fixed?

  • [Deleted User] commented  ·   ·  Report

    Change Adobe CC Product installation directory

    If you have the offline package:

    You have to edit the "InstallDir" value inside the file setup config file: Application.json

    The directory D:\Adobe CC 2018 was already created before the install.
    At the end of the installation, the Media Encoder will found inside:
    D:\Adobe CC 2018\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2018\Adobe Media Encoder.exe

    For example,
    for media encoder CC 2018:

    Set-up.exe is inside the folder ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial

    Edit the Media Encoder setup config file:
    ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial\products\AME\Application.json

    Before - contents of ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial\products\AME\Application.json

    "AppLaunch" : "[INSTALLDIR]\\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2018\\Adobe Media Encoder.exe",
    "InstallDir" : {
    "value" : "[AdobeProgramFiles]",

    After edit - contents of ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial\products\AME\Application.json

    "AppLaunch" : "[INSTALLDIR]\\Adobe Media Encoder CC 2018\\Adobe Media Encoder.exe",
    "InstallDir" : {
    "value" : "D:\\Adobe CC 2018",

    You can do the same for the Media Encoder codecs:

    Edit the setup config file for the codecs:
    ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial\products\CDEC\Application.json

    seems like "[D:\\Adobe CC 2018]" works, too, instead of "D:\\Adobe CC 2018"

    After edit - contents of ...\AdobeMediaEncoder12AllTrial\products\CDEC\Application.json

    "InstallDir" : {
    "value" : "[D:\\Adobe CC 2018]"
    },

  • Paul commented  ·   ·  Report

    agreed, This is quite annoying. why is there not a fix for this yet?

  • John Gossett commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed, still installs on the C drive. Really limits the usefulness of the program for large amounts of files. It's an issue with all creative cloud products.

  • Ludovic commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm also still waiting for this feature. Also, why there are some copy.xd files created in my C:\Users\user\AppData. I don't have enough place there, let us decide !!!

  • None commented  ·   ·  Report

    Doing exactly what you've told him/her doesn't actually change the installation directory. Yes you can change it in the preferences, but in reality it will still try to install whatever it is you're downloading onto the C: drive.

    Thanks,

    -This is pretty annoying