can i download reader XI w/o it overwriting my acrobat 7.0 professional

[dsamovar]

i have acrobat 7.0 professional and everytime i've downloaded a version of reader, it overwrites my acrobat 7.0 professional. is there a way to download reader XI and keep my acrobat 7.0 professional intack?

[pwillener]

What is your operating system & version?

[dsamovar]

Windows xp professional. Ver 5.1 (build 2600.xpsp_sp3_grd.120821-1629 :

service pack 3

[pwillener · Accepted solution]

I doubt that Adobe Reader "overwrites" Acrobat, but it may disable some things.

Acrobat and Reader were not a supported combination on the same OS until Acrobat X and Reader X.