Windows 10: What is Adobe GC Invoker Utility and how to disable AdobeGCClient.exe process?

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Disable Adobe AcroTray.exe from starting at boot

1. Go to Services.msc (hit Win and write in search
   services.msc) and run it as Administrator. Here set Adobe Acrobat Update and Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Services to manuall.
   
2. From Windows Task Manager → Start-up Tab disable the Adobe related programs.
   
3. Download Autoruns utility and disable here also various Adobe related programs like Adobe Updater Startup Utility and Acrobat Assistant (AcroTray) and maybe Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer. But be careful, if you are not sure about something,
   then leave it be.
   
4. Download ShellExView, go to Options and select Show 32-bit
   Shell Ex extensions. Now disable the Adobe Acrobat Create PDF from Selection, Adobe Acrobat Create PDF Helper and Adobe Acrobat Create PDF Toolbar. Now in Options deselect Show 32-bit Shell Extensions and disable again the above items plus Acrobat Elements Context Menu.
   
5. Now Kill the AcroTray.exe from Task Manager. Sign out and Sign in into Windows. Open Task Manager and observe the Task Manager for AcroTray.exe entry. Right Click on some .pdf file (image or office file) on your desktop and you will see that AcroTray is not starting to run anymore in your Task Manager. If this is the case you made it!
   
6. Run Task Scheduler, check for Adobe Tasks (if any) and disable them.
   

Explanation: The first, second and third step disable Adobe related programs from running at Windows OS startup. But AcroTray.exe is invoked by right clicking on files and folders (windows context menu). It is responsible for the Adobe related entries in the context menu. The biggest problem of all is that right clicking is much slower, because AcroTray.exe must be first started.

Now AcroTray.exe won't be starting anymore when right clicking on Files/Folders. But other programs might start AcroTray.exe if there is a dependency. For example if you open Outlook 2013 and navigate to the Tab Adobe PDF and select a item from here it will start AcroTray.exe.

The fourth step: stop invoking AcroTray.exe when right clicking on files

 

Adobe software won't go away

Hi to all,

I had Adobe Creative Cloud installed onto my computer and uninstalled it the usual way using Windows 10 but then realized some remains were still here, notably
Adobe GC invoker Utility and Adobe CollabSync

Even after running Adobe's software remover and using the command line, those two things are still here.

How to fully remove it?

Thanks again,

 

SP4 Windows 10 - User input devices responsiveness FAIL. TERRIBLE experience.

Thanks for your answer Anne.

• I'm trying the clean boot option. I'm busy testing responsiveness. (I've stopped 8 services
  
  Adobe Update Service,
  
  Adobe Genuine Software Integrity,
  
  Docker for Windows,
  
  Intel Content Protection HECCI service and HDCP services
  
  Google Update services - gupdate and gupdatem
• Skyp Updater

and a few startup applications / service:

• Adobe Creative Cloud, GC Invoker Utility, Updater Startup Utility (these may have been disabled already)
• OneDrive
• Send to OneNote Tool
• Windows Defender notification icon

So far the Sculpt Comfort Bluetooth mouse seems to be responding better. It' doesn't seem to be missing clicks now, BUT I'm still getting the mouse curser stopping responding now ant then.

Still need to test the other things