19 Replies Latest reply on Feb 2, 2012 12:50 PM by UtahRugbyGuy

How do you remove the CS Live Button?

coachmwhite May 12, 2010 9:11 AM

Found how in Photoshop... but can you in InDesign, Illustrator etc?

Thanks

1. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

topohogo May 12, 2010 11:31 AM (in response to coachmwhite)

I want to know this too. It's pretty annoying.
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2. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

coachmwhite May 12, 2010 12:46 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

Our company block access to it via firewall and does not want it used for security reasons.
It would be great to remove it and stop all the questions and free up the space without resorting to custom workspaces at launch

Is this certain that it can not be removed?
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3. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

coachmwhite May 12, 2010 1:00 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

No, it is actually the presence of the button. It would stop all the questions and help requests. This is just a test rollout we are doing and this is taking up too much help desk time. The other sites have many more users. If we can deploy with no button, it would not be an issue. I'd like to disable the entire functionality of CS Live and remove it from the menu as well.

Any ideas?
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coachmwhite May 12, 2010 1:42 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

Need to get rid Share My Screen too
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5. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

dorallen May 24, 2010 10:55 AM (in response to coachmwhite)

Just rename "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager" for example to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager.bak"
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coachmwhite May 24, 2010 12:44 PM (in response to dorallen)

Need this info for Mac OS 10.6

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7. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

dorallen May 24, 2010 9:02 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

You can find the same folder under "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CS5ServiceManager"
And in PS, you need to disable it under Preference->Plug-ins
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8. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

polyxo May 25, 2010 3:39 AM (in response to dorallen)

Am 24.05.2010 19:55, schrieb dorallen:
Just rename "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager" for example to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager.bak"

Thanks, that helps indeed!
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9. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

cliftonmeek Sep 9, 2010 9:22 PM (in response to polyxo)

This is perfect. Thanks.

Perhaps Adobe should have a little humility and, since their programming model is to run pretty much their entire set of programs as frameworks that run plugins, just make sure to give the user the easy, accessible opportunity to remove the more ridiculous items of their feature sets. I mean really, "let's put a big, grotesque button for a feature only some people will use occasionally." Seriously.
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PearlCreation.com Oct 13, 2010 11:53 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

thx
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11. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

Matthew Laun Oct 15, 2010 4:17 PM (in response to polyxo)
Just note that renaming this will disable the CSLive button, as well as the following:
Access CS Live (Window > Extensions > Access CS Live)
Adobe BrowserLab (Window > Extensions > Adobe BrowserLab)
Adobe ConnectNow (File > Share my Screen; Window > Extensions > Share My Screen)
CS News and Resources (Window > Extensions > CS News and Resources)
CS Review (File > Create New Review; Window > Extensions > CS Review)
Resource Central (Window > Extensions > Resource Central)
Kuler (Window > Extensions > Kuler)

It will also disrupt functionality of Adobe Drive.
Cheers!
Matthew
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12. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

cliftonmeek Oct 15, 2010 4:57 PM (in response to Matthew Laun)

Nice! Perfect!

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13. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

Giovannivolontè Oct 27, 2010 9:36 AM (in response to dorallen)

but is not the service for photoshop to work ?
i mean to check that is legit copy ?
thanks
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14. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

Matthew Laun Oct 27, 2010 11:03 AM (in response to Giovannivolontè)

The CS5ServiceManager and CS Live are in no way related to our licensing/activation technologies.

Matthew
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magnetofon Dec 11, 2010 4:43 PM (in response to dorallen)

Hey thanks for thisvery useful info!
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magnetofon Dec 11, 2010 4:43 PM (in response to Matthew Laun)

Great, that's what I want. I don't need ony of those useless bloatware.
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FlashCampMember Apr 13, 2011 3:46 AM (in response to coachmwhite)

Excellent - I've done this too. Would have been so much easier if Adobe had allowed it to be turned off via the interface or Preferences
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askronreid Apr 24, 2011 3:24 PM (in response to coachmwhite)

How do I place another vote for the option to completely remove
all entries of CS-Live-Service from CS5-application-GUIs.
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19. Re: How do you remove the CS Live Button?

UtahRugbyGuy Feb 2, 2012 12:50 PM (in response to dorallen)

I tried following these steps, so I changed the FOLDER name to .bak at the end and it just created a new folder. Did I change the wrong thing? I looked through all the folders in the CS5.5ServiceManager folder and didn't see an actual file with that name, so I figured the folder is what needed to be changed. Can someone give me a few more hints? ...also, doing a search found 0 results. I'm on Mac OS X 10.6 (Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon)
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