Technically you did (or someone who install Adobe) create those folders/files. Anytime you run an application and click Yes on the UAC prompt
(which is on by default) you allow this kind of behaviour.
As for why Adobe etc. uses the root for temp file, that is just a bad practice by Adobe.
Seth Simmons
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