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John Richard wrote:
> I have installed adobe acrobat reader abot 10 times looking for some way to 
> get it to open a pdf file
> I had to resort to a 5.0 install on an old driver install disk to get my 
> insurance papers, but would like to get the newer version to work
> is there something I am doing wrong
> an old install removed messed it up or something
> is there a setting that needs to be changed
> I did have one bit of info that came when I used norton registry checker
> 
> The key, "acrobat\DefaultIcon, refers to a missing icon, "C:\Program 
> Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroRd32.exe"
> 
> this is the only thing I ever found
> I have done a check looking for anything that had adobe in it and removed it 
> after doing the "remove programs " process
> and still no go
> please help me
> 
> the program is installed right now
> the pdf files I have changed their icons to the pdf icon so something is 
> working just the program will not open by double clicking and I cant even 
> directly open the program
> 
> 
I've had so many problems with Adobe Reader that I switched over to 
Foxit (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php).  It doesn't 
change anything in the registry, is fast and stable.  You just have to 
put the .exe on your hard drive and change the properties for pdf files 
to point to it.