Adobe Reader "speed launcher" in Start Menu

[witan]

For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.

 

[mikeyhsd]

not really, just causes more system complaints every time you reboot because an item has been disabled using msconfig.

personally I usually right click on it and then select delete.
doing it to that along with the other 6 or more that adobe drops all over the system.



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For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

You need to log in as an administrator and delete it from the
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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not really, just causes more system complaints every time you reboot
because an item has been disabled using msconfig.

You can either go to the registry and remove msconfig from
hklm\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run or use
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_nomsconfig.htm

personally I usually right click on it and then select delete.
doing it to that along with the other 6 or more that adobe drops all
over the system.

Adobe is a bit of a pig in this regard, isn't it.

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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For information:
I have Adobe Reader 7 installed on my computer. By default, it had put
a shortcut for Adobe Speed Launcher in "Start Up" menu. It seems to
serve no purpose, and I decided to remove it from Start Up.
Adobe Web site says: "To disable the Speed Launcher, remove the Speed
Launcher icon from your Startup folder." I tried *deleting* the
shortcut in Start Up, but it would not work.On opening the "Start Up"
folder, the only item I could see was desktop.ini. Finally, I got rid
of it by dragging the icon on to the desktop with the mouse, and then
deleting it.

Running msconfig would've done this for you a bit more neatly, fyi.