Manually uninstalling Reader 7.0 from Windows XP

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From: Dave_McMullen
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:12

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Somehow I have a corrupt installation of Reader 7.0. When I open Reader, I get the message "This action is valid for products that are currently installed" with an OK button. When I try to re-install Reader, it says "This version of Adobe Reader is already present on your computer. Installation will now exit.". I can't install, I can't uninstall (there's nothing Adobe-related in Add/Remove Programs). I renamed the c:\Program Files\Adobe folder to Adobe.old in hopes of making that work (and so I can rename it back if I REALLY broke something). Any suggestions??? What does the installation program look for when it's installing? Thanks in advance for the help.

-Dave

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