micky wrote:
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but
there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might
it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't
believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't
installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've
made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app)
If you've another brand of pdf reader, why do you need Adobe?
- i.e. no Adobe installed, no 'make Adobe your default pdf reader'
messsage!
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might
it be?
Choose default by file types.
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've
made it much more likely that I won't.
On 2025/6/29 20:36:5, Operation Sindoor wrote:
On 29/06/2025 15:50, micky wrote:micky wasn't complaining about Acrobat taking over as a default handler for PDFs - he was asking about a popup that keeps appearing on his system that is _suggesting_ he makes it the default handler.>
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but >>> there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might >>> it be?
You need to go your Windows Settings. It is under Apps >> default Apps
>> Choose default by file types.
Now you need to choose Microsoft Edge or Firefox or Google Chrome.
(At first I thought he was seeing this popup only at startup, but it seems he's getting it at other times too.)
[]
I agree with you, don't install Acrobat - or anything else, even if it's free - if you don't need it, especially if you already have something that does all it does.
Same result via Control Panel Programs & Features and Installed
Apps: uninstall pane opens--and freezes with no progress.
Apps >> Installed Apps
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:16:21 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but >>>> there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might >>>> it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't >>>> believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't
installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've >>>> made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make
You're right, but I figured people who knew how to get rid of it had
seen it and would recognize what I'm talking about.
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app)
I think it's Acrobat but any Adobe product might be doing this.
Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are two different programs.
The Acrobat full featured product comes in two flavors Standard and Pro.
My new pain doctor gave me 12 pages
of forms to fill out. He even wanted my driver's license number, I
guess so that if I don't pay, he'll sic the state police on me. (I left
that field blank.)
On 2025-06-30 23:30, micky wrote:
My new pain doctor gave me 12 pages
of forms to fill out. He even wanted my driver's license number, I
guess so that if I don't pay, he'll sic the state police on me. (I left
that field blank.)
No, the reason is that it is a restricted medication. It is for you
alone, you are not allowed to pass it on. If you pass it on (or worse,
sell it), the police will be onto you if they find out.
This is the same in many countries, with variations on the procedure.
Most probably, if you don't fill the ID number, you will not get the >medication.
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:12:05 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:16:21 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:You're right, but I figured people who knew how to get rid of it had
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader. >>>>> Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but >>>>> there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might >>>>> it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't >>>>> believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't >>>>> installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've >>>>> made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make >>>
seen it and would recognize what I'm talking about.
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.I think it's Acrobat but any Adobe product might be doing this.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app) >>>
Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are two different programs.
The Acrobat full featured product comes in two flavors Standard and Pro.
It was one or the other. I think Adobe REader, even though it's called
a reader, lets you fill out forms or at least fillable forms.
I don't
think Firefox does that at all.
On 2025-06-30 23:30, micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:12:05 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:16:21 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:You're right, but I figured people who knew how to get rid of it had
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader. >>>>>> Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but >>>>>> there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might >>>>>> it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't >>>>>> believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't >>>>>> installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've >>>>>> made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make >>>>
seen it and would recognize what I'm talking about.
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.I think it's Acrobat but any Adobe product might be doing this.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app) >>>>
Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are two different programs.
The Acrobat full featured product comes in two flavors Standard and Pro.
It was one or the other. I think Adobe REader, even though it's called
a reader, lets you fill out forms or at least fillable forms.
Of course it does. As do many other PDF viewers.
I don't
think Firefox does that at all.
Of course it does.
The Adobe Acrobat software allows to edit the PDF themselves, which is >something different from filling forms. And it is not free.
The Reader does not allow editing PDFs. Filling a form is not editing
the PDF.
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 1 Jul 2025 13:50:18 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2025-06-30 23:30, micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:12:05 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:16:21 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:You're right, but I figured people who knew how to get rid of it had >>>>> seen it and would recognize what I'm talking about.
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader. >>>>>>> Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but
there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might
it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction. >>>>>>>
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't >>>>>>> believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't >>>>>>> installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've
made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make >>>>>
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app)
I think it's Acrobat but any Adobe product might be doing this.
Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are two different programs.
The Acrobat full featured product comes in two flavors Standard and Pro. >>>
It was one or the other. I think Adobe REader, even though it's called
a reader, lets you fill out forms or at least fillable forms.
Of course it does. As do many other PDF viewers.
I don't
think Firefox does that at all.
Of course it does.
Maybe so. The last time I had such a form was my income tax, in March,
and I forget how I did it. If I remember, I'll let you know next March. Okay, Firefox did not do it when Adobe Reader first came out, but now FF works and I really don't need Adobe, but it still annoys me that they're forcing me to delete their own product, instead of behaving like
gentlemen and letting me stop the popup.
The Adobe Acrobat software allows to edit the PDF themselves, which is
something different from filling forms. And it is not free.
It's quite expensive.. That's part of the rsaaon the popup annoys me so much, even though it's probably for the free Reader. I think it should
be beneath a company with an expensive product to do that sort of thing.
Some guy with shareware scraping for every dollar who did it wouldn't
bother me so much.
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:12:05 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:16:21 -0400,
"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
micky wrote:You're right, but I figured people who knew how to get rid of it had
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader. >>>>> Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but >>>>> there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might >>>>> it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't >>>>> believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't >>>>> installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've >>>>> made it much more likely that I won't.
It is usually helpful to include details on where/when you see the 'make >>>
seen it and would recognize what I'm talking about.
Adobe Acrobat your default pdf reader'.I think it's Acrobat but any Adobe product might be doing this.
- pictures can also be included in pertinent details
Additionally, specify the product.
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Adobe ??(some other Adobe program or app) >>>
Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are two different programs.
The Acrobat full featured product comes in two flavors Standard and Pro.
It was one or the other. I think Adobe REader, even though it's called
a reader, lets you fill out forms or at least fillable forms. I don't
think Firefox does that at all. I normally read my pdf files in Firefox,
so I was happy to have a small simple program for forms, although it's
only in the prior computer and I'm not going to install it in this one because of those annoying popups. My new pain doctor gave me 12 pages
of forms to fill out. He even wanted my driver's license number, I
guess so that if I don't pay, he'll sic the state police on me. (I left
that field blank.)
What Firefox doesn't do is forms with javascript code. The only software I know that does them are Adobe's. There may be some other Windows software that does it in Windows (I don't know which), and none on Linux.
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might
it be?
It stays there a long time and it moves. It's a real distraction.
I'm tempted to delete the reader I have. That will teach 'em. I can't believe they think they will make friends this way.
So far it's only on one win10 Home box, but that's because I haven't installed Adobe on the new computer yet, or the other one. And they've
made it much more likely that I won't.
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.
Google says to check the box that says "Don't show this again", duh, but there is no such box.
I can't find anything from Adobe in my start-up folder. Where else might
it be?
Maybe an older version - pre current release channel versions(DC
Continuous or DC Classic).
- DC Continuous is available in 32 or 64 bit(the latter only in the
MUI installer). DC Classic iirc was only 32 bit
- in Win10/11 the option for default pdf type files supported by Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions is configured in Windows(not the Reader
software).
Afaik, Windows 10/11 still requires configuring default program
settings(and their file types) in Windows, not the application software.
- either in the app programs settings or via the right click\open with\always use option.
Afaik, Windows 10/11 still requires configuring default program
settings(and their file types) in Windows, not the application software.
- either in the app programs settings or via the right click\open with\always use option.
Other methods(hack, tweak, Intune[modify the installer]) may also
work(e.g. registry value changes; GPO; DISM command-line string), and/or
use of an Adobe exe in elevated mode(ADelRCP.exe).
- the latter exe while available, usage is more common in Enterprise
admin controlled devices)
Not to be confused with configuring browser settings for pdf(download,
open settings etc.)
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.After a reboot it was back to demanding that acrobat should be the
micky wrote:
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.After a reboot it was back to demanding that acrobat should be the
default *and* whining that I'd disabled location services ... well that
was enough shit to get it uninstalled!
Andy Burns wrote on 7/9/2025 2:40 PM:
micky wrote:
How do I get rid of the "Make Adobe Acrobat your default" pdf reader.After a reboot it was back to demanding that acrobat should be the
default *and* whining that I'd disabled location services ... well
that was enough shit to get it uninstalled!
You should have done that to start with. While you're at it why not see what other adobe crap is there and get rid of it with a good uninstaller?
.... and, hopefully, let Adobe know that you uninstalled it and WHY you uninstalled it!!
Daniel70 wrote:
.... and, hopefully, let Adobe know that you uninstalled it and WHY
you uninstalled it!!
yes they did popup a survey to answer why I was daring to remove it ...
but I doubt they read those things
Daniel70 wrote:
.... and, hopefully, let Adobe know that you uninstalled it and WHY you uninstalled it!!
yes they did popup a survey to answer why I was daring to remove it ... but I doubt they read those things
Over the years I've always used the Adobe Acrobat Reader app as a
default and never had a popup problem so apparently refusing the
default's the only way you get the popups?
I mostly use the reader to make the File Explorer preview pane work
but occasionally have used the app directly. There ARE ads in the
app itself but again no popups and not all that annoying (to me) for
the free service I get.
if acrobat can't stomach being installed as number2 fiddle, then it's
no longer for me.
On 7/10/2025 9:01 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
if acrobat can't stomach being installed as number2 fiddle, then it's
no longer for me.
YMMV...
On Thu, 7/10/2025 12:10 PM, AJL wrote:
On 7/10/2025 9:01 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
if acrobat can't stomach being installed as number2 fiddle, then
it's no longer for me.
YMMV...
I showed my copy the door. I filled out my survey, too. Somebody has
to do it. If you have automatic updates on a program, and the
automatic update *REMOVES* a function from the tool, what options do
you have to express your feelings on the matter ? No, it does not
make me want to rent your Pro version. You can keep your Pro version,
where the light does not shine (Adobe headquarters). Paul
BTW on an earlier subject of upgrading this 23H2 laptop's 64GB
storage so that I could install 24H2 (Windows complained of not
enough room) I was successful. The C: drive now has 437GB free. But
since the storage upgrade Windows has not offered to do the 24H2
upgrade. Can't win...
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