How to Silently Install Adobe Creative Cloud

Eliminate user prompts and ensure enterprise-wide consistency by deploying Adobe Creative Cloud silently across your organization. Streamline your software management workflows for this essential media suite using tools like Intune, SCCM, or PDQ for effortless endpoint provisioning. Administrative privileges are required for deployment, and setting up appropriate detection rules ensures accurate compliance tracking. Simply execute the verified silent install command to complete the machine-wide setup seamlessly without disrupting your end users.

Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe --mode=stub

Overview

Silent install steps

Run any one of the methods below to install Adobe Creative Cloud silently with zero user interaction. Command Prompt and PowerShell produce the same result — use whichever fits your deployment workflow.

Method 1: Install with Command Prompt

1. Download or stage the installer (Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe) to a local folder, for example C:\Installers.

2. Open Command Prompt as Administrator:
   Press Start→Type cmd→Right-click Command Prompt→Choose Run as administrator

3. Switch to the installer folder, then run the silent install command:

Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe --mode=stub

C:\> cd /d "C:\Installers"C:\Installers> Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe --mode=stubInstalling Adobe Creative Cloud 6.9.1.1…100%Installation complete — exit code 0.C:\Installers> ▋

Method 2: Install with PowerShell

Run the same silent install through PowerShell (elevated).

1. Download or stage the installer (Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe) to a local folder, for example C:\Installers.

2. Open PowerShell as Administrator — right-click Start (or press Win+X), then:
   • On Windows 10: choose Windows PowerShell (Admin).
   • On Windows 11: choose Terminal (Admin) — it opens Windows Terminal running PowerShell.

3. Run the command:

Start-Process -FilePath Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe -ArgumentList '--mode=stub' -Wait

PS C:\> Set-Location 'C:\Installers'PS C:\Installers> Start-Process -FilePath Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe -ArgumentList '--mode=stub' -WaitInstalling Adobe Creative Cloud 6.9.1.1…100%Installation complete — exit code 0.PS C:\Installers> ▋

Deployment Notes

Key facts to confirm before rolling this out to production machines — permissions required, scope of install, and reboot behavior.

Detection Rules

Configure your deployment tool with the detection rule below to confirm a successful install of Adobe Creative Cloud. The same rule work for Microsoft Intune, SCCM, PDQ Deploy, and most RMM platforms — just paste the values into the matching fields.

Script detection

This app uses a custom PowerShell detection script — add it as a script-based detection rule in Microsoft Intune (or any tool that supports detection scripts). It writes to STDOUT and exits 0 when Adobe Creative Cloud is installed, otherwise exits non-zero.

# Custom detection script to detect the presence of an application
# To report the application as installed, set exit code as 0 and write to STDOUT
# To report the applicaiton as not installed, set exit code as anything else and write to STDERR
# Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/intune-service/apps/apps-win32-add#step-4-detection-rules

# 64-bit location, but once the application is installed on the 
# customer's device, the installer writes to the 32-bit location.  
# the installation process doesn't return errors once it's in the
# customer's environment, we need to check both the 64-bit and the 
# 32-bit locations of the Windows Registry to detect the presence of 
# this application. 

$detectionPath64 = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Creative Cloud"
$detectionPath32 = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Creative Cloud"
if ((Test-Path -Path $detectionPath64) -or (Test-Path -Path $detectionPath32)) {
    Write-Host "The application was detected on the device."
    exit 0
} else {
    Write-Error "The application was not detected on the device."
    exit 1
}

Deployment Examples

Drop one of the snippets below into your deployment tool, Group Policy, or scheduled task. Each script wraps the silent install command for Adobe Creative Cloud as a batch file or PowerShell script — copy, save, and run.

Batch file example

Save the following content as install-adobe-creative-cloud.bat in the same folder as the installer.

@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe --mode=stub
exit /b %errorlevel%

PowerShell script example

Save the following content as install-adobe-creative-cloud.ps1 in the same folder as the installer.

Set-Location -Path $PSScriptRoot
$Installer = 'Adobe.CreativeCloud.6.10.0.252.3.X86.exe'
& $Installer --mode=stub
exit $LASTEXITCODE

Frequently asked questions

Troubleshooting

If the install fails, exits with a non-zero code, or leaves no trace on the target machine, work through the checks below. Most issues come down to permissions, paths, or exit code handling.