Reinstalling CC apps on a reformatted MacBook Air '13 SSD

I have a subscription to CC for my MacBook Air 2013. It has worked perfectly until this morning when I was forced to have a technician at the local Apple Store reformat my solid state drive. After the hard drive was wiped and reformatted, I have attempted to reinstall all of my files, including my Adobe CC applications from my “Time Machine” backup. But, the Adobe CC programs do not work. I have wiped all of the Adobe CC programs from the hard drive; installed and used the Creative Cloud Cleaner application; and installed the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application. I logged into the Adobe website using the desktop application so I can re-download and install my favorite apps – most importantly Acrobat Pro.
When I launch the desktop application it indicates that the Adobe Acrobat Pro program is already installed and up-to-date. But, that program is not on my hard drive.
I also note that the icons for all of my previously-installed Adobe CC programs – including Photoshop and Premier Pro – are still appearing on my “Launchpad” screen on the Mac
I need assistance re-downloading and installing Acrobat Pro and my other CC apps – including Photoshop and Premier Pro.

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