So I decide to download the free CC trial of LR and PS. I realized
that I was getting LR5, but figured I could just update later (the
next day, in fact).

Anyway, to get things going, you have to first download & install the
Creative Cloud Desktop app. But as always, the klutzy Adobe software
takes over. First everything disappears, then dialogue boxes start
popping up telling me to close this or that, and when I close what I
was told to close, everything goes away, and I have to start all over
again. And then after the app is installed, I double click it, and
nothing happens. I discover, though, that if I right click and then
choose "run as administrator", it will open. I finally get LR and PS
installed and running, but now every time I open either one, the CC
app opens and tells me I have 30 days left on my trial. So I click
"continue trial", and the app freezes. Every ****ing time. So now the
Windows message comes up telling me that CC app has stopped
responding, and I tell it to close the program. Thankfully, it closes,
and PS and LR will run properly. But now I want LR 6, and as I should
have expected, it's the same ridiculous crap. I click "check for
updates", and a box pops up telling me there is an update available.
So I click "download", and it takes me to a web page with one sentence
on it that tells me to close LR, launch the CC app, and click
"install". But of course I can't do that, because all the CC app shows
is LR5, and that's already installed. So now I go to Adobe's site, and
find the download link for LR6. And here we go again around in the
same circle telling me to download the installer etc., around and
around and around.

*This* is why I swore I would never use their software again. I'm
calling their support line tomorrow, and they had better have a fix
for this. I'm' sure they will tell me to spend a couple of hours
uninstalling and reinstalling every last bit of their software.

One of the main reasons I wanted LR6 is so I could try the HDR merge.
But noooooo...
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Okay, after I finished typing this rant, I figure why not try
rebooting the computer before I send this. I do that, and everything
is fixed, and I'm downloading the new LR right now. This is all great,
but it still goes back to Adobe's klutzy software. Why didn't it tell
me to reboot? I install *lots* of software, and the ones that need
rebooting have installers that tell you that you must reboot. Always.
Adobe told me no such thing. I know that there was a time when it was
good policy to always reboot after any changes, but we've moved on
from there long ago. This ain't Windows 3.1 anymore.

Adobe is evil. I swear they are run by Satan himself.