Adobe PhotoShop
(2026)

System Requirements

- - - Intel 8th Generation CPU or Higher
    - Intel 11th Generation CPU (Video Editing)
    - Windows 11 (64-Bit Version) version v23H2
    - 8GB of RAM (Photo Editing)
    - 16GB of RAM (1080p Video Editing)
    - 32GB of RAM (4K Video Editing)
    - 10GB of Hard Drive Space
    - 1080P Editing requires 3050 RTX 4GB or later
    - 4K Editing requires 4050 RTX 4GB or later

Anti-Virus
(Windows 11)

Step 1 – Turn off <Anti Virus>. If you have anything besides “Windows Defender” you will need to figure that on your own.
– Reason turning off Anti-Virus to prevent a false positive during install. Anti-Virus will be turned back on after done.

Step 2 – Bottom right there is a icon. This is “Windows Defender”

Step 3 – Right Click over that icon and choose “View security dashboard”

Step 4 – Click on “Virus & threat protection”

Step 5 – Click on “Manage settings” under <Virus & threat protection settings>

Step 6 – <Virus & threat protection settings>

Step 5 – Turn off “Real-time protection“, Turn off “Cloud-delivered protection“,

Step 5+ – Turn off “Automatic sample submission“, Turn off “Tamper protection”

Now should be this

Done

DOWNLOAD

Download

Step 1 – Download the RAR file(s). Download one at a time to prevent time outs.

Step 2 – Download all files into the same folder.

Step 3 – Click on “WinRAR” in the section. It will start the download automatically.

Step 4 – Click on “Adobe Cleaner” in the section. It will start the download automatically.

Step 5 – Click on “Adobe File(s)” in the section. It will start the download automatically.

Step 6 – After downloading is complete move on to the next file(s) “Adobe File(s) 1 of x” and so on

Step 7 – Click on “Adobe Camera Raw” in the section. It will start the download automatically.

Step 8 – Click on “NetLimiter Enterprise 5” in the section. It will start the download automatically.

Adobe Folder

Step 1 – Download(s) completed. Move all files into a New Folder “Adobe PhotoShop 2026“. Open the folder.

Step 2 – Folder should have all the files as seen below

WinRAR

Step 01 – WinRAR is a extraction tool.

Step 02 – Highlight & Right Click on “WinRAR 7.zip”

Step 03 – Menu appears. Choose “Extract All…” New Window Appears. Click “Extract“. Password = WinR@R67

Step 04 – New folder appears “WinRAR 7”

Step 05 – Open “WinRAR 7” folder.

Step 06 – Open “Setup” folder

Step 07 – Highlight and Click on “winrar-x64-7.exe” to begin install.

Step 06 – New window appears “WinRAR 7“. Click “Install”

Step 07 – Next window appears “WinRAR Setup“. Click “OK”

Step 08 – Next window appears “Thank you for using WinRAR!“. Click “Done”

Step 09 – New window appears “WinRAR“. Close “Window”

Step 10 – Back to window “WinRAR 7“. Open “Keygen fix” folder

Step 11 – Run the program “WinRAR.v5.01_KEYGEN-FFF.exe”

Step 12 – “Windows protected your PC” appears. Click on “More info”

Step 13 – Click on “Run anyway”

Step 14 – New window appears “WinRAR 5.01 Key Gen”. Enter any name you want then click Generate

Step 15 – After you click on “Generate” a new window appears. This is to place the license key in the program directory

Step 16 – Navigate to C:\Program Files\WinRAR! Now click Save. Done

Extraction

Step 01 – Open the “Adobe” folder where all the files are downloaded to

Step 02 – Highlight and Right Click on file “Photoshop 2026 v27.part1”

Step 03 – Menu appears. Scroll down to “WinRAR” then select “Extract to Photoshop 2026 v27.x”

Step 04 – Popup “Password“. Password = h@rdPhotos67

Step 05 – Click OK

Step 06 – Extraction Begins…Takes roughly 20 mins to extract everything

Setup

Step 01 – Extraction is done. New folder appears “Photoshop 2026 v27.x”

Step 02 – Open new folder and again till you see 4 files.

Adobe Clean

Adobe Cleaner Tool (2025 Version)

Follow these steps only if you have an older version of Adobe products
Skip this step if no Adobe products were ever installed

Step 01 – Open folder “Adobe PhotoShop 2026”

Step 01 – Right Click “AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.zip” and Choose “Extract All…”

Step 03 – New window appears. Click “Extract”

Step 04 – Open folder “Ad0b3Cre@tiveCloudCleanerTool”

Step 05 – Right click on “AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe“. New menu appears. Choose “Run as administrator”

Step 06 – New window appears

Step 07 – Click on “e” and hit “enter” to begin in English

Step 08 – Next. Press “y” then hit “enter”

Step 09 – “Choose from one of the following options to clean up”

Step 10 – Press “1” (All) and then hit “enter” button

Step 11 – “Please enter the option number of the product you wish to remove”

Step 12 – Type “33” or which ever number is option for “Clean All.” and hit “enter” button

Step 13 – “Are you sure you want to clean all the listed products and associated files?”

Step 14 – Type “y”

Step 15 – Be patient it takes approximately 5 mins

Step 16 – “Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool completed successfully”

Step 17 – “Please click ‘Enter’ to quit Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool”

Step 18 – Hit “enter”

Step 19 – Open a File Explorer

Step 20 – Navigate to C: Drive

Step 21 – Open “Program Files” folder. Open “Adobe” folder.

Step 22 – Only folders “Adobe Creative Cloud Experience” & “Common” should exist

Step 23 – Delete any other folder(s) besides the two mention above

Step 24 – Done

Step 25 – Restart your computer

Camera Raw Install

Adobe Camera Raw (2026 Version)

Adobe Camera Raw, which lets you import and enhance raw images, has been a must-have tool for professional photographers right since it was first released. Applications that support Adobe Camera Raw include Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, After Effects, and Bridge. Additionally, Adobe Lightroom is built upon the same powerful raw image processing technology.

Step 01 – Open folder “Adobe PhotoShop 2026”

Step 02 – Right Click on file “CameraRaw_x64_18_X_X.zip” and Extract.

Step 03 – Open Folder. Double click on “AdobeCameraRaw_x64_18_x.exe”