Adobe was almost zero help. Basically said I would have to pay $30 for any support (though we only quite recently purchased the software), that the issue wasn't with the software (since it works via Admin acct), and that I would need our IT dept to provide all Adobe folders with Admin permissions. Even if our IT dept would actually touch a Mac, I don't think that's a reasonable solution. Still may try it though.
As for the solution offered in the #39 post of my aforementioned link, I didn't try that because I couldn't find the interface the poster referenced. As I understood it, he was using WGM, but my WGM looks very different. If you can point me in the right direction to where I can find the image below, I will try it:
It is all very simple. One more time, just allow following:
/Library/
/Applications/
Then just disallow any applications that you want.
The problem described here is that non-admin users cannot run Adobe Creative Suite 6, correct? So, if the users are not admins, then they cannot copy anything to those folders. Hence, there is no issue. They cannot run applications from any other folder, either. Test it
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