Adobe's World Domination!

I wanted Photoshop CS3 Extended, so I bought it and installed it. Simple, no?

Apparently not. I have known for some time that Adobe installs quite a few items with its products, as I found out when their free trial failed to work on my computer (on a side note, their suggested fix was to reformat my system), but I wasn't expecting anything near the horror I just discovered.

Adobe installed TWENTY-SEVEN (27) items onto my computer. That's a THIRTY PERCENT (30%) increase in programs, and the 90 I previously had includes countless updates for Windows and Word.

Here is the list:

Adobe Anchor Service CS3
Adobe Asset Services CS3
Adobe Bridge CS3
Adobe Bridge Start Meeting
Adobe Camera Raw 4.0
Adobe CMaps
Adobe Color - Photoshop Specific
Adobe Color Common Settings
Adobe Color EU Extra Settings
Adobe Color JA Extra Settings
Adobe Color NA Recommended Settings
Adobe Default Language CS3
Adobe Device Central CS3
Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2
Adobe Fonts All
Adobe Help Viewer CS3
Adobe Linguistics CS3
Adobe PDF Library Files
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 [Yes, it's listed twice.]
Adobe Setup
Adobe Stock Photos CS3
Adobe Type Support
Adobe Update Manager CS3
Adobe Version Cue CS3 Client
Adobe WinSoft Linguistics Plugin
Adobe XMP Panels CS3

Does anyone know if any can go? (I should be a poet. )

Thanks,
Peter

P.S. Lock your doors and keep your children close!

 

I found the same thing, old Adobe setup programs has options as to what you install ie extra fonts, colour libraries, language files etc but it seems this time round they don't. I've not experimented with removing any of the programs myself as I didn't want to foul up my installation.
Maybe Photoshop CS3 extended is more modular than before to speed up core tools and commonly used features and puts the other things in more as plugins which will load only if needed? (guessing here obviously lol)

The standard version might not have all those extras? I can't say for sure because I have extended like yourself! Does anyone have standard Photoshop CS3 who can say what it installed so we can compare?

 

CS3 Extended has more features now so you do expect the program to be rather LARGE. As a regular joe I wouldn't even use some of it's features. But people who does extensive photo manipulation will find it to their liking.

 

I got it because two of the features I use the most aren't in the standard version and yep it is rather large..

 

Large and complex as it may be, installing 26 more items than I agreed to is, at least, something worth mentioning.

 

I don't understand why you are so concerned with the programs installed during the CS3 installation process. None of them are spyware, none of them are used in any nefarious way, and all of them are used by Photoshop. I'm also puzzled at your choice of words - you agreed to every item installed when you continued with the install process.

Now, it's been a long time since I've installed Photoshop, and I don't recall what options are available during a custom install, so I don't know if it's possible to not install any of the 26 "extra" programs. But, in my opinion, even if it is not possible to prevent those programs from being installed, they are not extra or more than what is required.

 

Things labeled JA and EU seem to be of little use to me, however I'm not sure about their functions. And the installation gave me no choice as to what I could and couldn't install. What if I never plan to use the Adobe Bridge or Adobe Stock Photos? They simply assume that I want their items in my Start Menu and on my Desktop - and for that matter - on my computer.

 

That's quite a lot of programs....

 

Does the manual talk about the different applications installed during the process?

 

The install is very straight forward and does not give you a choice of custom installation. Mine came to a whooping almost 560mb!

 

WOW! Quite a list compared to CS2! I routinely deinstall the Stock Photos, BTW.

 

How? My computer won't do that.