Uninstalling a Program

[Lisa]

I have Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional Tryout as well as Adobe Reader 7.0.8.
The Pro tryout has expired and each time I try to read a PDF file it tries
to open with Pro and I have to purchase or exit. I have tried numerous times
to unintall the Pro from Add\Remove Programs in the Control Panel but each
time it locks up. I've tried removing it in Safe Mode but I get a message
that it cannot be removed either because the PC is is Safe Mode or there is
a problem with Windows UnInstaller. Help!

 

[Jerry]

Go to the folder it is installed in and see if there is an uninstall
program. Could be called unwise.exe or uninstall.exe and try that.

 

[Lisa]

Under Programs, I see Adobe and under that Acrobat 7.0. Within that I find
Acrobat Reader 7 files as well as the Pro version but no uninstaller or
unwise.exe????

 

[Daave]

I have Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional Tryout as well as Adobe Reader
7.0.8. The Pro tryout has expired and each time I try to read a PDF
file it tries to open with Pro and I have to purchase or exit. I have
tried numerous times to unintall the Pro from Add\Remove Programs in
the Control Panel but each time it locks up. I've tried removing it
in Safe Mode but I get a message that it cannot be removed either
because the PC is is Safe Mode or there is a problem with Windows
UnInstaller. Help!

First of all, according to "How to remove Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Tryout" at http://www.ucok.edu/ssvp/wo/instruction.htm :

"This process will take from about a minute to as long as 30 min, it
depends on your processor performance and the speed of your connection."

So is it possible that "locking up" is merely a process that is taking
an awful lot of time?

As many people have experienced, Adobe is a major-league resource hog,
particularly a big problem on older PCs. Why don't you try Foxit reader?
Go to this site to learn more and download:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

If you still want to use Adobe Reader, check out this forum:

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007183.html

It has very good advice, including how to download a leaner version of
Adobe Reader (AdbeRdr70_enu.ex) directly from the ftp site:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/7x/7.0/enu/AdbeRdr70_enu.exe

And here's a speed-up tip:

http://www.pcmech.com/newsletter/viewtip.php?tipid=605

Good luck!

 

[Lisa]

Thanks for all the info Dave. In answer to your question, is it possible
that the process is just taking a long time, no. It completely stops. I've
checked the task manager. I will now look into all that good links you
provided. I asked for help at adobe forums and got no response so again,
thanks so much for the assistance!