I use Secunia PSI on my WinXP computer to let me know when my programs need
to be updated because they're no longer secure. Recently, it indicated that
Adobe Air needed to be updated. I checked Filehippo and saw that the update
is a beta. Is it safe to install a beta update of a program of this sort?
Generally, I wait until programs are no longer in beta release.

Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I didn't
download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When I tried
to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way to get rid
of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:45:37 -0500, Jo-Anne wrote in message
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> I use Secunia PSI on my WinXP computer to let me know when my programs need
> to be updated because they're no longer secure. Recently, it indicated that
> Adobe Air needed to be updated. I checked Filehippo and saw that the update
> is a beta. Is it safe to install a beta update of a program of this sort?
> Generally, I wait until programs are no longer in beta release.

You only have to wait a few months for the final release of Air 2.7. It
will be released in "Q2, 2011" according to their website.

> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I didn't
> download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When I tried
> to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way to get rid
> of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.

If you want to completely blow away an Air app you need to go into the
´/Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS¡, find your application
based on the id and then blow it away. On Windows it's ´C:\Documents and
Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS¡ (ELS stands for Encrypted Local
Store).

"Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:45:37 -0500, Jo-Anne wrote in message
> <news:iphvu2$564$(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>> I use Secunia PSI on my WinXP computer to let me know when my programs
>> need
>> to be updated because they're no longer secure. Recently, it indicated
>> that
>> Adobe Air needed to be updated. I checked Filehippo and saw that the
>> update
>> is a beta. Is it safe to install a beta update of a program of this sort?
>> Generally, I wait until programs are no longer in beta release.
>
> You only have to wait a few months for the final release of Air 2.7. It
> will be released in "Q2, 2011" according to their website.
>
>> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I
>> didn't
>> download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When I
>> tried
>> to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way to get
>> rid
>> of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.
>
> If you want to completely blow away an Air app you need to go into the
> ´/Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS¡, find your application
> based on the id and then blow it away. On Windows it's ´C:\Documents and
> Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS¡ (ELS stands for Encrypted Local
> Store).


Thank you, Iceman! Maybe I'll let it go for now. Do you have any opinion
about installing beta releases of programs?

Jo-Anne

In this group Jo-Anne wrote in message news:ipincg$fat$(E-Mail Removed)

> "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ipi96s$qoa$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:45:37 -0500, Jo-Anne wrote in message
>> <news:iphvu2$564$(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>
>>> I use Secunia PSI on my WinXP computer to let me know when my
>>> programs need
>>> to be updated because they're no longer secure. Recently, it
>>> indicated that
>>> Adobe Air needed to be updated. I checked Filehippo and saw that the
>>> update
>>> is a beta. Is it safe to install a beta update of a program of this
>>> sort? Generally, I wait until programs are no longer in beta
>>> release.
>>
>> You only have to wait a few months for the final release of Air 2.7.
>> It will be released in "Q2, 2011" according to their website.
>>
>>> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I
>>> didn't
>>> download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When I
>>> tried
>>> to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way
>>> to get rid
>>> of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.
>>
>> If you want to completely blow away an Air app you need to go into
>> the ´/Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS¡, find your
>> application based on the id and then blow it away. On Windows it's
>> ´C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS¡ (ELS
>> stands for Encrypted Local Store).
>
>
> Thank you, Iceman! Maybe I'll let it go for now. Do you have any
> opinion about installing beta releases of programs?

I generally stay away from betas, unless they are programs I use heavily (my
current Web browser is a beta version, for instance). But as you implied in
your first post you are not a programmer or a developer, so you probably
don't really need Adobe Air.

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:iphvu2$564$(E-Mail Removed)...

> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I
> didn't download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When
> I tried to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way
> to get rid of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.

Adobe Air seems to be a speedup routine required by some
apps, e.g. digitized ebook of the National Geographic Magazine.
That is how I got it (updated OK since then by standard
update options) and it seems to run invisiblly and OK.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In this group Jo-Anne wrote in message news:ipincg$fat$(E-Mail Removed)
>
>> "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ipi96s$qoa$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:45:37 -0500, Jo-Anne wrote in message
>>> <news:iphvu2$564$(E-Mail Removed)>:
>>>
>>>> I use Secunia PSI on my WinXP computer to let me know when my
>>>> programs need
>>>> to be updated because they're no longer secure. Recently, it
>>>> indicated that
>>>> Adobe Air needed to be updated. I checked Filehippo and saw that the
>>>> update
>>>> is a beta. Is it safe to install a beta update of a program of this
>>>> sort? Generally, I wait until programs are no longer in beta
>>>> release.
>>>
>>> You only have to wait a few months for the final release of Air 2.7.
>>> It will be released in "Q2, 2011" according to their website.
>>>
>>>> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I
>>>> didn't
>>>> download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When I
>>>> tried
>>>> to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way
>>>> to get rid
>>>> of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.
>>>
>>> If you want to completely blow away an Air app you need to go into
>>> the ´/Users//Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS¡, find your
>>> application based on the id and then blow it away. On Windows it's
>>> ´C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS¡ (ELS
>>> stands for Encrypted Local Store).
>>
>>
>> Thank you, Iceman! Maybe I'll let it go for now. Do you have any
>> opinion about installing beta releases of programs?
>
> I generally stay away from betas, unless they are programs I use heavily
> (my current Web browser is a beta version, for instance). But as you
> implied in your first post you are not a programmer or a developer, so you
> probably don't really need Adobe Air.
>

Thank you again, Iceman!

Jo-Anne

"Don Phillipson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:iphvu2$564$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> Also, is Adobe Air even needed for someone who isn't a programmer? I
>> didn't download it deliberately; I suspect it was attached to Flash. When
>> I tried to remove it a while back, I couldn't. If someone has an easy way
>> to get rid of it (assuming I don't need it), I'd love to know about it.
>
> Adobe Air seems to be a speedup routine required by some
> apps, e.g. digitized ebook of the National Geographic Magazine.
> That is how I got it (updated OK since then by standard
> update options) and it seems to run invisiblly and OK.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
Thank you, Don! I guess I'll keep it, then.

Jo-Anne