Adobe Application Manager Problem

Hi, I get the following message when trying to open AAM:
'Administrator privileges are required to continue with the installation'
I have only one user account on this win 7 home premium pc. I am subscribed to Creative Cloud and all my other adobe software is working normally.
Can anyone suggest a fix?
Thx

Hi DIH,
When launching the Adobe Application Manager from the start menu, try right-clickng on the shortcut and choosing Run As Administrator.
If this works, you could configure the shortcut to always run as an administrator as described here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx
-Dave

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I had 2.5gb left on my C: drive (SSD) where Windows 7 64 bit is installed. I told your Adobe Application Manager to install my new Cloud Programs on E:\Adobe Programs. I have installed Photoshop, Acrobat and Dreamweaver. Now, the Adobe Application Manager program keeps telling me I don't have enough space on C: to install.
1. Is it using C: as a Temp area for downloads? If show you need to change that to the drive I am installing too or many people are going to have the same problem.
2. Is this program leaving Temp files undeleted?. I went from having 2.5 Gb to now only having 398Mb.
3. Where in the Temp File Download Area? (I need to clean it up to get my wasted disk space back, as I told it to install on E:)
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Hi Gregory,
I'm in the same boat : I'm also running Windows 7 on C: residing on an SSD drive with 2-3GB space left, and also got the same message.
1. Is it using C: as a Temp area for downloads?
Apparently, it is. If I remember correctly, the precise message was saying something about "...unable to extract..." or something along that line. Which means the problem is even worse:
First the AAM will use our precious space on C: to download the install archive, THEN it will try to extract it (again on C:) - effectively needing about twice the space of the download (at least temporarily), and only after that (I guess) will it install to the location you gave it (E: in your case).
While I can't prove this, I'm pretty sure this is the way it works (or will work - once you have enough space left on C:)
My current workaround: I use the "regular" download pages for the various CS6 apps (i.e. from the product pages on adobe.com), which in turn will use Adobe Download Assistant (NOT to be confused with AAM) to actually download the installer archives. As opposed to its "younger brother" for the Creative Cloud, this older/simpler assistant actually let's you choose where to download. After the download I can install the products just as usual (as if Creative Cloud didn't even exist), but first choosing "trial mode".
However, they don't really go into the 30 day trial because I register them with my Adobe ID (which "knows" that I got a Creative Cloud membership) and everything's fine.
After re-opening AAM, it even showed me the CS6 apps downloaded via this "workaround" as "installed", so I guess the end result isn't any different than what I would have gotten if actually using the AAM.
(Note: If any Adobe employee reads this I'd be glad about a confirmation that this is indeed the case, though)
2. Is this program leaving Temp files undeleted?. I went from having 2.5 Gb to now only having 398Mb.
Mmmh, might be the case - although I didn't observe this. Did you still have AAM open while checking your disk space? If so, try checking again after closing it. Most programs only clean up after themselves when closing them.
3. Where in the Temp File Download Area? (I need to clean it up to get my wasted disk space back, as I told it to install on E:)
I can't exactly tell you where, but I'd suspect some directory under
c:\users\<Your Username>\Appdata\Local\Adobe
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c:\users\<Your Username>\Appdata\Local\Temp
Good luck in finding it / cleaning up your C: drive. (And if not, I hope my little trick mentioned above may also help you.)
Regards,
Manuel
P.S.: Please, Adobe: Let us choose a) where AMM downloads its files and b) don't blindly assume everyone's got plenty of disk space on C: to extract gigabytes of data.

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These steps should resolve the issue:
Launch the Windows Task Manager and click on the button labeled "Show processes from all users". Ensure no invisible process by the name of PDApp.exe is running. If found, kill it. The alternative is to restart your machine. This will kill any running processes.
Reintall the Adobe Application Manager from here http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4773 to ensure you have the latest version.

Dopo aggiornamento adobe application manager problemi su CS6

Buongiorno,
dopo aver aggiornato il programma adobe application manager col nuovo adobe creative cloud, per i programmi installati in licenza mi appare la videata con prodotto in prova mentra Acrobat XI che ho in abbonamento è OK.
Se digito i numeri licenza della mia CS6 acquistata: i miei programmi sono ok ma Acrobat XI mi dice che è in prova ?????
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Emanule se ho capito correttamente la vostra richiesta si sta affermando che Acrobat XI è in modalità di prova? Inoltre sei anche un Cloud abbonato creativa è presente anche giusto?
Se è così allora si prega di provare a rimuovere Acrobat usando il processo di disinstallazione tipico per il sistema operativo. È quindi possibile reinstallare Acrobat XI dall'applicazione Creative Cloud.
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Emanule if I understand your inquiry correctly you are stating that Acrobat XI is in trial mode? In addition you are also a Creative Cloud subscriber is this also correct?
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