Windows subordinates to Adobe

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Whoa . . . I went to upgrade my Adobe Reader 6 to Reader 7 on my Dell laptop
and now Windows XP (Pro) seems to have subordianted control to Reader 7.
Here's what happens: Whenever I try to run an application, whether from the
start menu, the quicklaunch bar or windows explorer or even the desktop,
Reader 7 is launched and then Reader 7 tries to open the application I've
chosen and then complains that it can't do so (of course). I can go no
further than this. The only things I can seem to manage to run are a few
non-application items on the start menu such as the search feature and
control panel (but when I try to launch an item on the control panel window,
then the same behavior occurs where Reader 7 is launched.

WHAT IS GOING ON???
 
Jim H. said:
Whoa . . . I went to upgrade my Adobe Reader 6 to Reader 7 on my Dell
laptop
and now Windows XP (Pro) seems to have subordianted control to Reader 7.
Here's what happens: Whenever I try to run an application, whether from
the
start menu, the quicklaunch bar or windows explorer or even the desktop,
Reader 7 is launched and then Reader 7 tries to open the application I've
chosen and then complains that it can't do so (of course). I can go no
further than this. The only things I can seem to manage to run are a few
non-application items on the start menu such as the search feature and
control panel (but when I try to launch an item on the control panel
window,
then the same behavior occurs where Reader 7 is launched.
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Uninstall Reader, then if needed use the Windows installer clean up utility
to remove any references to it. After that reinstall reader 8. It is
faster than 7.

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290301
 
Well . . . Rock . . .

I tried to uninstall Reader 7 but the problem was that when I went to
control panel and tried to run uninstall, Reader 7 was launched instead. I'd
uninstall it if I could.

However, here is another behavior. I went and temporarily changed the
filename of the Reader 7 executable (acroread32.exe) so it wouldn't run. Now,
whenever I try to run any application, a window pops up asking me to select
an application to run the application file I've selected. Seems like windows
is not recognizing a .exe as an executable.

I'm baffled.
 
Jim H. said:
Well . . . Rock . . .

I tried to uninstall Reader 7 but the problem was that when I went to
control panel and tried to run uninstall, Reader 7 was launched instead.
I'd
uninstall it if I could.

However, here is another behavior. I went and temporarily changed the
filename of the Reader 7 executable (acroread32.exe) so it wouldn't run.
Now,
whenever I try to run any application, a window pops up asking me to
select
an application to run the application file I've selected. Seems like
windows
is not recognizing a .exe as an executable.
I'm baffled.
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"Rock" wrote:
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Run the .exe file fix from Doug Knox site.
http://www.dougknox.com/
Win XP Fixes
File Association Fixes
EXE Association Fix

If that solves things with Reader, ok. If not use the Windows Installer
Clean Up Utility.
 
Jim H. said:
Well . . . Rock . . .

I tried to uninstall Reader 7 but the problem was that when I went to
control panel and tried to run uninstall, Reader 7 was launched instead.
I'd
uninstall it if I could.

However, here is another behavior. I went and temporarily changed the
filename of the Reader 7 executable (acroread32.exe) so it wouldn't run.
Now,
whenever I try to run any application, a window pops up asking me to
select
an application to run the application file I've selected. Seems like
windows
is not recognizing a .exe as an executable.

I'm baffled.
Click to expand...


Run the .exe file fix from Doug Knox site.
http://www.dougknox.com/
Win XP Fixes
File Association Fixex
..Exe Association Fix
 
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