Creative Cloud Help / Installation Failed. Error U44M1P7 | Updates

When trying to update Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe After Effects CC 2014), the update might fail with Error Code: U44M1P7. All this means in that the update failed to install. Best solution: Reinstall the Application. This worked for me. TO Re-install:

Mac OS

  1. Go to Applications/Utitlies/Adobe Installers.
  2. Run the applicable uninstaller.

Windows Vista/7

  1. Go to Start > Control Panels > Programs and Features.
  2. Locate the affected Adobe Creative software title and click Uninstall.

Windows 8

  1. Press Windows Key + R to open the run command. Type Control Panels and press OK.
  2. Open the Program & Features Control Panel.
  3. Locate the affected Adobe Creative software title and click Uninstall.

More info here.

Black Tiles Showing On Desktop Instead of Preview For Adobe Acrobat Files (PDF) with Windows 8

I had an issue where the icons on the desktop for PDF files were simply a black square. No small preview of the document, nor the traditional Adobe icon. 

Upon further research it appears that a clearing of the thumbnails cache is necessary to fix the problem.

To do this, launch the Disk Cleanup Wizard go to Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Free Up Disk Space By Deleting Unnecessary Files.

Once launched, scroll down the list to make sure that "Thumbnails" is checked:

Then hit "OK". Upon completion, you icons should be repaired.