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How is Reader X reinstalling itself?

Sep 23, 2012 2:53 PM

I have Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX and Plugin installed, as well as Shockwaver player 11.5.

I have also had Adobe Air on the machine.

I want to know if one of these programs is installing Adobe Reader X without telling me?

I uninstall Reader X, leave my computer running for the weekend, return and it's reinstalled Reader X, all 116mb of it.

This has happened a number of times and it's driving me mad.

Please explain how this happens and what I need to do to stop it reoccurring?

This is NOT being done by any 3rd party or IT support. It can only be coming from Adobe.

261 Views 2 Replies Latest reply: Pat Willener, Sep 23, 2012 6:40 PM

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1. Claudio González,

Sep 23, 2012 4:10 PM in reply to daveadobeasdf

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Very strange. I would try removing all traces of Reader with this Adobe tool:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html

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2. Pat Willener,

Sep 23, 2012 6:40 PM in reply to daveadobeasdf

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So after you uninstall it (from Control Panel, or Claudio's link above), C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader is empty or gone. And after two days the folder and all its contents is back?

The only explanation for this is that someone/something is doing a restore. You can believe me, neither Flash Player, nor Shockwave Player, nor Adobe AIR is doing this.

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