Extension Manager

Although the Adobe Creative Suite (CS) applications come with many unique features, you can still find, download and install numerous extensions, to satisfy your personal needs. Most extensions can be found on Adobe Exchange. If you want to keep your extensions properly organized, Adobe Extension Manager will help you. The software keeps track of any extensions, regardless of the Creative Suite program on which you install them.

Extension Manager is free and it can be installed faster than most Adobe-developed programs. The installation package is 105 MB which may take a few minutes to download, especially with less than spectacular Internet connections. The good news is that the installation procedure is straightforward and it does not involve any complex configurations.

When launched, Extension Manager will detect your installed CS applications right away. The applications are listed on the left side of the user interface and you can view the installed extensions, for the selected programs, on the right side. You can enable and disable individual extensions by clicking their check boxes and you can also remove them completely, with nothing more than two clicks.

It is also possible to enable and disable specific extensions, based on a series of filters, which can be selected in a drop menu, in the upper right corner of the window. By default, you may activate all extensions or only Adobe-developed extensions, but you may create new sets and customize your own selection.

Besides enabling, disabling or removing extensions, the software can also install new ones. A shortcut for the Adobe Exchange web site can be found on the user interface. When you download a new extension, you can load or run its Adobe Extension package file and the software will start installing the extension right away. Additionally, you can export your extensions list and convert MXP extensions to ZXP.