Installing Kwik (obsolete)

Legacy installation Process

Kwik’s installation file is available at www.kwiksher.com > Downloads.

https://kwiksher.com/download/

• Kwik4_20yy_mmdd.dmg for Mac
• Kwik4_20yy_mmdd.zip for Windows

When you download Kwik4.dmg or .zip from Kwiksher, it contains the zxp file and the following scripts.

• kwik4.zxp
• Kwik4_installer_mac.app for MAC
• Kwik4_installer_win.bat for Windows

Please mount .dmg in MAC. For Windows, unzip it.

Just click Kwik4_installer file to run. For instance on Mac, you will see the following dialog

• windows screen shots are here

Dialog appears

Asks for password

Dialog of completion

Uninstall Manually

Delete the folder of com.kwiksher.kwik4 manually

MAC

• \Library\Application Support\Adobe\CEP\Extensions\com.kwiksher.kwik4

WIN

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.kwiksher.kwik4

PlayerDebugMode

Need to enable the following setting in terminal console. Please open Teminal App(Mac) or Command Prompt(Window) and copy & paste the following lines to the console.

If you use CC2019 only, just copy&Paste the single line with CSXS.9

Win

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.6" /v PlayerDebugMode /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.7" /v PlayerDebugMode /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.8" /v PlayerDebugMode /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.9" /v PlayerDebugMode /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.10" /v PlayerDebugMode /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f

Mac

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.6 PlayerDebugMode 1

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.7 PlayerDebugMode 1

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.8 PlayerDebugMode 1

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.9 PlayerDebugMode 1

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.10 PlayerDebugMode 1

EXManCMD (Optional)

ZXPInstaller uses offical adobe command EXManCMD. If ZXPInstaller fails, You can use Adobe’s original ExManCmd from console.

https://www.adobeexchange.com/resources/28

1. Download ExManCmd

   Windows http://www.adobe.com/go/ExManCmdWin

   Mac http://www.adobe.com/go/ExManCmdMac

2. unzip the file

You find the ExManCmd in the following folder.

Window

    ExManCmd_win/ExManCmd.exe

Mac

ExMan_Mac/Contents
├── MacOS
│   ├── ExManBridgeTalkCmd
│   ├── ExManCmd
│   └── ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer
└── Resources

Open terminal app and type the following command. See the screen copies below. {PATH} is the folder path where Kwik4.zxp is placed. You can drag kwik4.zxp to the console and {Path} will be automatically set.

Windows

ExManCmd.exe /install {PATH}/kwik4.zxp

Mac

./Contents/MacOS/ExManCmd –install {PATH}/kwik4.zxp

list all extensions installed

Windows

ExManCmd.exe /list all

Mac

./Contents/MacOS/ExManCmd –list all

remove Kwik

Windows

ExManCmd.exe /remove Kwik

Mac

./Contents/MacOS/ExManCmd –remove Kwik

ExManCmd is downloaded and unziped. Please get either ExMan_Mac or ExManCmd_Win according to your desktop computer.

• (Mac) Application > Utilites > Terminal

  

• Drag ExManCmd to console

  

• ExManCmd with the full path is set

  

• Type ”–install”

  

• Next drag Kwik.zxp

  

• $ ExManCmd –install PATH/Kwik.zxp is ready. Enter key to run it.

You can check ExManCmd –list all to Kwik installed and enabled