• Adobe Genuine Anti Pirate

Anti-Virus

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
CCStopper

  1. Click on the button above to begin the download
  • Select and Highlight file “CCStopper v1.2.3-hotfix.2.zip“
  • Right Click on the file and from the menu select “Extract All…“
  • New window appears “CCStopper v1.2.3-hotfix.2” appears
  • Open the folder
  • Select & Right Click on the file “CCStopper.bat“
  • Choose “Run as administrator“

CCStopper – Creative Cloud App

  • New window appears “CCStopper v1.2.3-hotfix.2“
  • Press 1
  • STOPPING ADOBE PROCESSES COMPLETE!
  • Press Q
  • Back to Main Menu
  • Press 3 (System Patches)
  • Press 1 (Creative Cloud App)
    • Fixes ‘start trial’ button in CC app.

CCStopper – Genuine Checker

  • Main Menu
  • Press 3 (System Patches)
  • Press 2 (Genuine Checker)
    • Replaces and locks the Genuine Checker folder.
  • Removing AGS (Adobe Genuine Service) complete
  • Press Q

CCStopper – Hide CC Folder

  • Main Menu
  • Press 3 (System Patches)
  • Press 3 (Hide CC Folder)
    • Hides Creative Cloud folder in Windows Explorer.
  • Hide CC Folder Module
    • THIS WILL EDIT THE REGISTRY!
  • Press 2 (Proceed without creating a restore point)
    • You can choose option 1 to create a restore point but that is your choice.
  • Windows Explorer needs to restart for changes to apply. Things will flash; please don’t worry
  • Press 1 (Restart Now)
  • Done

Windows 11 Firewall

  • Click on the Search icon
  • Type in the search box “Firewall“
  • Click on “Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security“
  • New window appears
  • Click on “Outbound Rules“
  • Next…
  • Click on “Action” menu, then click on “New Rule…“
  • New window appears
  • New window
  • Click on “Program” then click “Next“
  • Click on “This program path:“
  • Next click “Browse“
  • Navigate to C Drive then to Program Files then to Adobe then to Adobe Photoshop 2024 then click on Photoshop.exe
  • Click on “Next“
  • Click on “Block the connection“
  • Click on “Next“
  • Verify “Domain” & “Private” & “Public” are all checked marked
  • Click “Next“
  • Name type in “Adobe Photoshop – (Outbound)“
  • Click “Finish“
  • Done
  • Close and Exit “Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security“
  • Reboot computer and Photoshop should be working again