@Palmetto - oh,
I was answering a specific question from Brian.
"If I want to scan the Adobe Master Collection folder to see if there's a utility that does what I need, I now have to do it through windows explorer."
I was saying that you do not need Windows Explorer to find all Adobe programs.
I still don't know how Start > Programs > would be any better when you don't even know the name of the program you are looking for.
I would have started with an internet search. "Adobe utility for..."