A bat script that stops all Adobe / Adobe CC background services and programs on Windows.

StopAdobe.bat

TASKKILL /F /IM "Creative Cloud.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AcroRd32.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeARM.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Desktop Service.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe CEF Helper.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Installer.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeUpdateService.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "CoreSync.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeIPCBroker.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "Adobe Installer.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "CCLibrary.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeNotificationClient.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "RuntimeBroker.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeIPCBroker.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeUpdateService.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "CCXProcess.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "backgroundTaskHost.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AGSService.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AGMService.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "LogTransport2.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeGCClient.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "acrotray.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AcrobatNotificationClient.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeCollabSync.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AcroTray.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "AdobeExtensionsService.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "Creative Cloud Helper.exe" /T
TASKKILL /F /IM "node.exe" /T
net stop AdobeARMService
net stop AdobeUpdateService
net stop AGMService
net stop AGSService
net stop CoreSync
net stop AdobeIPCBroker
net stop Adobe CEF Helper

⚠️ Important

You must run it in an Administrator terminal, like:

PowerShell (Run as administrator)

or

Command Prompt (Run as administrator)

REM Disable net stop Services
:: echo .
:: echo .
:: echo Run as administrator to disable Services
:: echo .
:: echo .
:: sc config AdobeARMService start= disabled
:: sc config AdobeUpdateService start= disabled
:: sc config AGMService start= disabled
:: sc config AGSService start= disabled
:: sc config CoreSync start= disabled
:: sc config AdobeIPCBroker start= disabled
:: sc config Adobe CEF Helper start= disabled
REM PAUSE

⭐ LOL, ChatGPT says how actual >microseconds< are saved when using "::" over "REM"

Example:

REM This is a comment
:: This is also a comment

When the script runs:

• REM → parsed and executed as a command.
• :: → treated as a label and ignored unless referenced by GOTO.

Performance impact

In normal scripts:

• Difference = negligible (microseconds).

◉ ChatGPT⚡

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