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Adobe software block all .exe's in Windows Firewall and kill 5 unnecessary Adobe Background processes. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro
### Powershell command to create Firewall block rules for all .exe files in a directory
# This will recurse the directory, and automatically add an incoming and outgoing block rule in the Windows Firewall to block all program's access to internet.
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "DIRECTORY" *.exe |
Select-Object Name,FullName |
ForEach-Object `
{New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}
# Directories to block for Adobe software: `C:\Program Files\Adobe`, `C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe`, `C:\Program Files\Common #Files\Adobe`, `C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe`.
### Windows 10/11 stop Adobe unnecessary Adobe Background processes
# Rename these 5 exe-files.
Rename-Item -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Sync\CoreSync\CoreSync.exe" -NewName "CoreSync.exe.killed"
Rename-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe" -NewName "CCXProcess.exe.killed"
Rename-Item -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\ADS\Adobe Desktop Service.exe" -NewName "Adobe Desktop Service.exe.killed"
Rename-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Creative Cloud Libraries\CCLibrary.exe" -NewName "CCLibrary.exe.killed"
Rename-Item -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe" -NewName "CCXProcess.exe.killed"
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