Where are the extension cc panels stored on mac?

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Where are the extension cc panels stored on mac?

I have been using Adobe Extension Builder 3 to create some test panels and now I want to trash them, but Adobe seems to have hidden them. I have tried: Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences folder, but they are not there. Nor are they in the main Photoshop folder "Plug-ins".

Does anyone know where the extension panels for Photoshop CC are stored? I have done searches, on extension names, but nothing shows up.

Thanks in advance - Sam

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jun 2, 2014 6:03 AM

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S Laundon Author

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Jun 2, 2014 11:31 AM in response to S Laundon

For any with the same issue here is where you find the plugin panels:

/Users/user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEPServiceManager4/extensions

What at trip!!!!

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 2, 2014 7:53 AM in response to S Laundon

Maybe more promising here, as "custom" is part of the name. Right click on the Photoshop CC application to dig down through the application package:

/Adobe Photoshop CC/Contents/Application Data/Custom File Info Panels/4.0/

From that point, you can branch off into the subfolder "custom", or "panels". The latter contains a bunch of subfolders.

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greg sahli

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Jun 2, 2014 6:17 AM in response to S Laundon

Have you tried looking inside the application itself, which is a kind of folder called a bundle?

(Highlight the app > file menu > show package contents)

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 2, 2014 6:47 AM in response to S Laundon

Don't know for sure if it's the correct location, but there is a panels folder in Photoshop:

/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC/Locales/en_US/Support Files/Panels

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S Laundon Author

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Jun 2, 2014 8:51 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Thanks Kurt - I already did that. The extensions are not there.

It is rediculous that Adobe has made it so hard to find extensions that were created with Adobe Extension Builder 3. I have some I created, but want to delete them. Any extensions that were installed with Extenstion Manager go into the Photoshop application folder Plug-ins. Other developed extensions are in some mysterious location.

Thanks - Sam

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 2, 2014 9:16 AM in response to S Laundon

Are there any PDF instructions for the builder that give any hint as to where the created panels are saved?

I noticed Adobe is seriously pushing developers away from using Flash as a need to run any panel they create, and should instead be using HTML5. I can see the day, not too far off, when Adobe declares Flash officially dead. Which would really irk them since Flash was the biggest reason they paid so much to acquire Macromedia.

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S Laundon Author

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Jun 2, 2014 11:13 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Unfortunately the documentation of Builder structure is lacking. Nothing about where the extension panels are stored. I have even done a search on one of my demo panels and it does not show up.

You hit on the reason that I am creating an extension in Builder 3 and that is because the panels created in Adobe's Configuator 4 (flash based) will no longer work in the next version of Photoshop.

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S Laundon Author

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Jun 2, 2014 6:37 AM in response to greg sahli

Thanks Greg, but they are not their

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S Laundon Author

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Jun 2, 2014 7:41 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Thanks Kurt - not there either.

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 2, 2014 11:36 AM in response to S Laundon

Great find! I was looking for any folder with "panel" in the name. Makes sense though to find it under a folder with "extensions" in the name since it's called Extension Builder.

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