WebStore, Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App Trouble and other Issues
Common problems with the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App and solutions.
No Apps appear listed on the Apps Tab and you see a message, "You don't have access to manage apps."
Apps tab is missing
First, make sure you can see all the hidden files and directories.
Windows
- Quit the Creative Cloud Desktop app.
- Browse to this location,
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\Configs
- These files may be hidden on your computer. You may need to enable your account to see hidden files.
- Edit XML file there and set the value to true
- Restart the computer
Mac
- Quit the Creative Cloud Desktop app.
- These files may be hidden on your computer. To navigate to a hidden folder, open the Finder application. Press Command + Shift + G to open a file search dialog and enter, for example, “~/Library/”. Finder opens the hidden folder.
- Browse to this location,
- /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs
- Edit XML and set the value to true
- Restart the computer
Creative Cloud Desktop App doesn't open, progress wheel just spins.
To fix this, delete the contents of the OOBE folder and relaunch the Creative Cloud desktop app
- Quit the Creative Cloud desktop app from the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
- Browse to the following location based on your operating system.
Mac OS: /Users/<user folder>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE
Note: The /Users/<user folder>/Library/ is hidden by default after 10.7. See the notes above about how to find these.
Windows: C:\Users\<user folder>\AppData\Local\Adobe\OOBE
Note: The AppData is hidden with Windows default settings. See the notes above about how to find these.
- Delete the entire contents of the OOBE folder.
- Restart the computer and launch the Creative Cloud desktop app again.
Note: The app can take slightly longer than usual to load with this solution, as content in the OOBE folder is rebuilt after launch.
Error message at Adobe.com when you try to install Adobe app.
You may see an error "Permission may be required" while trying to install Adobe apps from Adobe.com.
This will occur if there are any Adobe applications on your computer that have the Update feature disabled. If you already have the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop app, you may see that the Apps tab is missing.
If so restore the apps tab.
Windows
- Quit the Creative Cloud Desktop app.
- Browse to this location,
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\Configs
- These files may be hidden on your computer. You may need to enable your account to see hidden files.
- Edit XML file there and set the value to true
- Restart the computer
Mac
- Quit the Creative Cloud Desktop app.
- These files may be hidden on your computer. To navigate to a hidden folder, open the Finder application. Press Command + Shift + G to open a file search dialog and enter, for example, “~/Library/”. Finder opens the hidden folder.
- Browse to this location,
- /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs
- Edit XML and set the value to true
- Restart the computer
To fix this, delete the contents of the OOBE folder and relaunch the Creative Cloud desktop app
- Quit the Creative Cloud desktop app from the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
- Browse to the following location based on your operating system.
Mac OS: /Users/<user folder>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE
Note: The /Users/<user folder>/Library/ is hidden by default after 10.7. See the notes above about how to find these.
Windows: C:\Users\<user folder>\AppData\Local\Adobe\OOBE
Note: The AppData is hidden with Windows default settings. See the notes above about how to find these.
- Delete the entire contents of the OOBE folder.
- Restart the computer and launch the Creative Cloud desktop app again.
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