Adobe Patch Files

[esseff2]

In my Applications folder there's a folder containing the Adobe Helper app and another folder called Adobepatchfiles. This folder is currently just under 1GB. Can anyone tell me what these files are and whether I need to keep them?

[esseff2]

This might not be in the right place - but surely someone knows what these files are?

[p_c_e · Accepted solution]

Hi Simon,

Do no delete those the files in the AdobePatchFiles directory. Their presence is required for the successful installation of any

subsequent patches.

In case you delete them, the only way you will be able to apply any patch is by reinstalling the application first.

[PleaseSir-Jt3ip7]

I don't know why Adobe loves to make a mess with every installation?

I want my Apps folder tidy with just the icons of software I need not choked with ghost files. Not to mention the other crapware you install without my permission like Growl.

The wise guy that designed the installation process possibly couldn't come up with a better place to stuff the user unfriendly files?

[hero jig]

I agree with u but for the growl part. I don't think adobe installs that, do they? they may put in an extension so growl picks up adobe activity, but growl is very cool, unlike these patch files. does anyone know if this could be the cause of air update failures in CS5? i am tempted to just delete them, as the updater is not working anyway. cheers!

[Tai_Lao]

hero jig wrote:

I agree with [yo]u but for the growl part. I don't think adobe installs that, do they?…

Yes, Adobe does that!  

Here's a public admission from a top Adobe engineer who is as disgusted with the installer team as many of us are:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2964739#2964739

Yes, the installer team (over the strong objections of product teams) installs Growl.

The Macromediatized Adobe also installs acrobat.com.app and AIR behind our backs.  

Wo Tai Lao Le

我太老了

[montysM]

It'd be nice to get a straight answer. The Adobe AdobePatchFiles folder not only opens each time I boot up my computer, but also requires a huge amount of space - i.e. it's annoying and needy, not a good combination...

What we have is contradictory advice: Simon (an Adobe employee?)  advocates not deleting the AdobePatchFile, while http://dirtywords.tv/2009/reclaim-disk-space-after-creative-suite-4-updates/ does - and gets mega hits for the posting, so much so that he's asking for donations...

Obviously there's a big need for answers here.

So what's the story???  It would be soooo nice to actually have Adobe chime in since ultimately they're the only ones who know. At least we'd like to think so...

For now I think I'm going to go with the dirtywords solution because Simon's solution, which is: pay us a lot of money and then put up with an annoying and needy situation, is not a solution at all - it's an insult.