⚠️ CCStopper is no longer maintained. I have switched to Mac. The rest of this README will be about uninstallation/alternatives. ⚠️
No further updates/support will be provided starting Jan. 14, 2024, and the repo will be archived on Mar. 31, 2024.
The final version of CCStopper is v1.3. It only stops Adobe processes, and will not do anything else. Previous releases are still available to download. The previous version's code is still available in the full
branch.
Simply run each of the patches that you've applied again. There should be an option to remove the patch.
NOTE: The web version of CCStopper no longer work. You will have to manually download CCStopper from the releases.
Open the hosts file in a text editor.
Remove all the lines between the start/end caps, and the start/end caps themselves.
# START CCStopper Block List - DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE
<hosts lines here>
# END CCStopper Block List - DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE
Save the file.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\AppsPanel\
AppsPanelBL.dll.bak
file. If you don't, and Creative Cloud is either not working or still shows the patched apps, you will have to reinstall Creative Cloud.AppsPanelBL.dll
file.AppsPanelBL.dll.bak
to AppsPanelBL.dll
.C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\Utils\
AdobeGenuineValidator.exe.bak
file. Additionally, check that AdobeGenuineValidator.exe
is a 0 byte file. If either don't apply, this won't work. You should reinstall Creative Cloud to remove the Genuine Checker patch.AdobeGenuineValidator.exe
will be locked. Open the file properties, and go to the security tab. Click on Edit
, and click Administrators
. Uncheck the Deny
box for everything. Click Apply to save the changes.AdobeGenuineValidator.exe
file, and rename AdobeGenuineValidator.exe.bak
to AdobeGenuineValidator.exe
.C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AdobeGCClient\
AdobeGCClient.bak
folder. If not, this won't work. You should reinstall Creative Cloud to remove the Genuine Checker patch.AdobeGCClient
will be locked. Open the folder properties, and go to the security tab. Click on Edit
, and click Administrators
. Uncheck the Deny
box for everything. Click Apply to save the changes.AdobeGCClient
folder, and rename AdobeGCClient.bak
to AdobeGCClient
.Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
CTRL+F
) for System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree
0
to 1
.The final release of CCStopper (v1.3) only stops Adobe processes. Simply download the script, right-click, then select Run with Powershell
.
I recommend following the guides on genP. They have a CreativeCloudPatcher.bat
script that does similar things to CCStopper (Hosts patch, CC App patch)
CreativeCloudPatcher also adds to the hosts file, and like CCStopper, it may not be up-to-date with the latest address the moment Adobe updates them. I recommend you check genP's discord server for the latest URL.
AGS can be uninstalled by running the following in an admin powershell window:
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AdobeGCClient\AdobeCleanUpUtility.exe")
(thanks allstart4u/genP discord)
Adobe has an official guide on hiding the Creative Cloud Files folder.
Welp, it's been a fun ride! CCStopper wouldn't have been possible without the help of the community, so thank you!
I won't be creating a CCStopper for Mac as zii seems to be dead, and the current method is just downloading a pre-patched version of the app.
Finally, I'd like to apologize to everyone with an unresolved issue. I'll try my best to help before archiving the repo, but in most cases I'll recommend the aforementioned alternatives.