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Posted 28 October 2008 - 20:03
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Any of you who have installed Adobe CS4 will know you will get a context menu entry for Adobe CS4 Drive, even if you chose not to install the actual program so effectively the entry is useless. After some googling and experimenting found two ways to remove it.

1. Install & Uninstall

Install Adobe CS4 Drive using the installer then uninstall it. This seems to get rid of it.

2. Manual Remove

Open Regedit and delete these two entries.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795}

Hope this helps some people.

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Posted 29 October 2008 - 22:25
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View Postmail, on Oct 28 2008, 16:03, said:

Any of you who have installed Adobe CS4 will know you will get a context menu entry for Adobe CS4 Drive, even if you chose not to install the actual program so effectively the entry is useless. After some googling and experimenting found two ways to remove it.

1. Install & Uninstall

Install Adobe CS4 Drive using the installer then uninstall it. This seems to get rid of it.

2. Manual Remove

Open Regedit and delete these two entries.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795}

Hope this helps some people.


Great! Thank; saved me a lot of research.

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 00:41
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Thanks!

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 20:16
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This will also let you kill it in short order, along with any other explorer extensions you might not want:
http://www.nirsoft.n...s/shexview.html

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Posted 11 December 2008 - 21:35
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I really hate how it wasn't optional to unselect it during install. :no:

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 23:18
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This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:

START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

on 64bit Windows:
START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

Cheers,
phaelox

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Posted 13 December 2008 - 05:15
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View Postphaelox, on Dec 12 2008, 21:18, said:

This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:

START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

on 64bit Windows:
START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

Cheers,
phaelox

thanks,
it also removed the entry in context menu when i click in c: or d:

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Great!! Save me some research time.

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LOL thankz, needed this :)

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I have installed Adobe CS4, but I don't have any context menu entry's for Adobe CS4 Drive.

Maybe you guys missed an option that relates to this while customising your install?

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Posted 20 December 2008 - 16:07
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View PostDARKFiB3R, on Dec 20 2008, 14:19, said:

I have installed Adobe CS4, but I don't have any context menu entry's for Adobe CS4 Drive.

Maybe you guys missed an option that relates to this while customising your install?


Use this one instead

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 00:46
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View Postphaelox, on Dec 12 2008, 15:18, said:

This is an even easier method to get rid of the Drive menu and not have the DLL loaded:

START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

on 64bit Windows:
START -> Run...
regsvr32 /u "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe\Adobe Drive CS4\ADFSMenu.dll"

Cheers,
phaelox

This works perfect while the regedit method does not work (on 64).
thanks

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 06:44
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View Postmagik, on Dec 11 2008, 21:35, said:

I really hate how it wasn't optional to unselect it during install. :no:

That's easy to fix. On the disc, navigate to the payloads folder. In there you will find two folders; AdobePhotoshop11-core and AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64.

In each of those folders you will find a file named AdobePhotoshop11-core.proxy.xml and AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64.proxy.xml.

Open AdobePhotoshop11-core.proxy.xml (make a backup first) and find the section that begins with <Dependencies>, highlight from <Dependencies> to </Dependencies> and replace with the below changes.

  <Dependencies>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
				<Family>Photoshop</Family>
				<ProductName>Adobe Photoshop CS4 Support</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="recommended">
				<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
				<ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
				<Family>CSXS</Family>
				<ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
			<Family>NonAdobePayload</Family>
			<ProductName>AdobeAIR1.0</ProductName>
			
		</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
			<Family>NonAdobePayload</Family>
			<ProductName>AdobeAMP</ProductName>
			
		</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeAUM</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Bridge CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetRGB</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorEU CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorJA CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorNA CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorPhotoshop CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>Connect</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>Core Tech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Default Language CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>MaD</Family>
		<ProductName>DeviceCentral</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Extension Manager CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Bridge</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeOutputModule</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>PDF Settings CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>SearchForHelp</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>Service Manager</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Suite Shared Configuration CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorVideoProfilesCS CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe XMP Panels CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>kuler</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>ALM CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
	<Family>Shared Technology</Family>
	<ProductName>Adobe Camera Raw</ProductName>

	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeCMaps CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Type Group</Family>
		<ProductName>Common Fonts Installation</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Linguistics CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobePDFL CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeTypeSupport CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
  </Dependencies>


Open AdobePhotoshop11-core_x64.proxy.xml (make a backup first) and find the section that begins with <Dependencies>, highlight from <Dependencies> to </Dependencies> and replace with the below changes.

  <Dependencies>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
				<Family>Photoshop</Family>
				<ProductName>Adobe Photoshop CS4 Support</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
				<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
				<ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
				<Family>CSXS</Family>
				<ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure</ProductName>
			</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
			<Family>NonAdobePayload</Family>
			<ProductName>AdobeAIR1.0</ProductName>
			
		</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
			<Family>NonAdobePayload</Family>
			<ProductName>AdobeAMP</ProductName>
			
		</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeAUM</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Bridge CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorCommonSetRGB</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorEU CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorJA CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorNA CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorPhotoshop CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>Connect</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>Core Tech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Default Language CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>MaD</Family>
		<ProductName>DeviceCentral</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Extension Manager CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Bridge</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeOutputModule</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>PDF Settings CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>SearchForHelp</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>Service Manager</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Suite Shared Configuration CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeColorVideoProfilesCS CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe XMP Panels CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CSXS</Family>
		<ProductName>kuler</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="critical">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>ALM x64 CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
	<Family>Shared Technology</Family>
	<ProductName>Adobe Camera Raw x64</ProductName>

	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeCMaps x64 CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
	<Family>CSXS</Family>
	<ProductName>Creative Services Infrastructure x64</ProductName>
  
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
	<Family>Creative Suites</Family>
	<ProductName>Adobe Drive CS4 x64</ProductName>
  
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>Type Group</Family>
		<ProductName>Common Fonts Installation x64</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe Linguistics CS4 x64</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobePDFL x64 CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo type="required">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>AdobeTypeSupport x64 CS4</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
	<ProductInfo visible="1" type="recommended">
		<Family>CoreTech</Family>
		<ProductName>Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin x64</ProductName>
	
	</ProductInfo>
  </Dependencies>


The next time you need to install, you will be able to uncheck most* of what you don't want or need.

* not everything that is set to recommended will be able to be unchecked.

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 06:59
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Awesome. I was starting to wonder if Adobe CS4 Drive was worth keeping.

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 16:30
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Unregistering the dll doesn't seem to work for me on Vista x64 or Win7 x64, as the file path specified doesn't exist. Also I have just found out if you search for {C95FFEAE-A32E-4122-A5C4-49B5BFB69795} in the registry and delete all entries it should get rid of the entry from everywhere (Y).

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