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# Remove Adobe Creative Cloud

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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    {
      "Content": "Remove Adobe Creative Cloud",
      "category": "Fixes",
      "panel": "1",
      "Order": "a045_",
      "Type": "Button",
      "ButtonWidth": "300",
      "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/features/Fixes/RunAdobeCCCleanerTool"
    }

## Function: Invoke-WPFRunAdobeCCCleanerTool

    function Invoke-WPFRunAdobeCCCleanerTool {
        <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            It removes or fixes problem files and resolves permission issues in registry keys.
        .DESCRIPTION
            The Creative Cloud Cleaner tool is a utility for experienced users to clean up corrupted installations.
        #>

        [string]$url="https://swupmf.adobe.com/webfeed/CleanerTool/win/AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe"

        Write-Host "The Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner tool is hosted at"
        Write-Host "$url"

        try {
            # Don't show the progress because it will slow down the download speed
            $ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'

            Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile "$env:TEMP\AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe" -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose

            # Revert back the ProgressPreference variable to the default value since we got the file desired
            $ProgressPreference='Continue'

            Start-Process -FilePath "$env:TEMP\AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe" -Wait -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
        } catch {
            Write-Error $_.Exception.Message
        } finally {
            if (Test-Path -Path "$env:TEMP\AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe") {
                Write-Host "Cleaning up..."
                Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe" -Verbose
            }
        }
    }

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August 7, 2024