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Thanks AceyMan ! I had exactly the same problem though I found about
150,000 of these tmp files in my Temp directory.

Makes me wonder why Adobe would do such a stupid thing ? Has cost me a
couple of hours now.

Pascal

The AceyMan wrote:
> group-
>
> Found the fix for this one after 7 hours of googling.   Only *one*
> valid hit on this in the entire Internet.
>
> The delay is caused from the program trying to read/cache/open all its
> own temp files.   Somehow, excess files are created (many/most of them
> zero byte, in my case). Deleteing these files restores program
> function.
>
> The files are found in:
> Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp
>
> Use search or command shell to look at the files that match:
>
> acr*.tmp
>
> Delete them all, and retry the application.
>
> My sick computer had 4700 of these.  My ow PC, on which acrobat reader
> 7.0.3 works fine, currently has only 2 files like this.
>
> Hope this helps a fellow admin in the future.
>
> Regards,
>
> --AceyMan
>
>
>
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:58:36 -0400, The AceyMan
> <usenet@remove.tjexpress.net> wrote:
>
> >Update:
> >
> >In the few cases like my that are documented, I saw one thread  online
> >whereby people said the gui would come up after a long wait, ie,
> >greater than one hour.
> >
> >I started the application (Acrobat 7 Pro) last night before leaving,
> >and now this am (some 16+ hours later) the program is running.
> >
> >So the case is not actually 'no gui' it is 'gui takes extremely long
> >time to start'.
> >
> >Any tips appreciated still!
> >
> >--AceyMan
> >
> >On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:28:59 -0400, The AceyMan
> ><usenet@remove.tjexpress.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>PC is XP SP2 , spyware free, with all patches.
> >>
> >>Acrobat Reader 7.0.3 would start but has no gui. You only see
> >>AcroRd32.exe in the task manager.  Uninstall reinstall, no help.
> >>
> >>Noticed that when the base version 7.0.0 is installed it will work
> >>until a reboot, thereafter same problem (program runs with no gui).
> >>
> >>Next tried uninstall everything, install full Acrobat 7.0.  (We have
> >>media).   Acrobat 7 worked , until the next reboot.  After that,
> >>acrobat.exe shows in task manager, but no program is visible.
> >>Applying the .02, .03 updates no help.
> >>
> >>Any tips appreciated, this is not documented online at all :(
> >>
> >>--AceyMan