Speed Up Adobe Acrobat Reader 6
Posted: November 21st, 2004, 1:06 pm
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If you're tired of waiting for Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to download a file for you to read, this tip will make Adobe Reader start up much faster.
1. Open Windows Explorer
2.Find X:\Program Files\ folder (X being your Hard drive that contains your programs, normally “C” )
3. Find the folder Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\
4. Find the folder named “plug_ins”
5. Right click this folder and rename it “plug_ins_NOT” (without quotes marks)
6. Create a new folder called “plug_ins” (without quotes marks)
7. From the plug_ins_NOT folder copy these 3 files to the new plug_ins folder: EWH32.api , printme.api and search.api
If you need for any reason to undo these changes, like to view encrypted PDF’s or any other reason delete the plug_ins folder, rename plug_ins_NOT back to “plug_ins” (without Quotes Marks)
If you're tired of waiting for Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to download a file for you to read, this tip will make Adobe Reader start up much faster.
1. Open Windows Explorer
2.Find X:\Program Files\ folder (X being your Hard drive that contains your programs, normally “C” )
3. Find the folder Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\
4. Find the folder named “plug_ins”
5. Right click this folder and rename it “plug_ins_NOT” (without quotes marks)
6. Create a new folder called “plug_ins” (without quotes marks)
7. From the plug_ins_NOT folder copy these 3 files to the new plug_ins folder: EWH32.api , printme.api and search.api
If you need for any reason to undo these changes, like to view encrypted PDF’s or any other reason delete the plug_ins folder, rename plug_ins_NOT back to “plug_ins” (without Quotes Marks)