Saturday 6 February 2016

Uninstalling Acrobat Reader XI

I couldn't install any updates so I decided to install DC over the top.

Same error, a little box that said it couldn't find AcroRead.msi

Control panel Remove Programs did the same.

A file search found:
C:\Documents and Settings\David\AppData\Local\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}
C:\Documents and Settings\David\Local Settings\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}
C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}
C:\Users\David\Local Settings\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}

^^ some Doughnut proprietary markup :-) ^^
<div style="margin: 0 0 0 -20em; text-align: right;">

but none of them worked.

Finally found a cleanup utility here here

Make sure that you download the appropriate version

It's a zip file so unpack it and run the exe

Same error box came up but clicking cancel worked

One reboot later and Acrobat Reader XI had gone, now to install Acrobat Reader DC; what an excellent name.

Tempus fugit........

Watch out for the optional offer, I didn't take it up

More tempus and

tada 

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