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Adobe product directories

Michael Fal5on

March 02, 2017 10:55

I've recently upgraded from Photoshop Elements to Photoshop CC 2017 & I never got the libraries to download, or connect with the system.

So I've been trying to get through the workaround and I keep being stumped by expressions they use. I keep stopping and searching to find answers I can understand,

Therefore I ask you please It says to backup all files in Adobe product directories. So what & where are they. Do they mean the *.EXE programs related to Adobe or something hidden away somewhere...Please Help

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Permanently deleted user
March 03, 2017 16:44
I would assume they are referring to all Adobe folders on your system. Here are some places they may be:

C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files\Common Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\*\AppData\Local
C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming
C:\Users\*\Documents

This chunk of PowerShell looks for every folder with "Adobe" in its name on your system drive (usually C:). Warning, this will also find all sorts of stuff you probably don't care about :)
```
( Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Directory -Include *Adobe* "$env:SYSTEMDRIVE\" 2>$null ).FullName
```
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