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I am more aggravated by the fact that when Reader installs an update, it re-adds an icon to my desktop. For the life of me, I can't think of a single reason wh

I am more aggravated by the fact that when Reader installs an update, it re-adds an icon to my desktop. For the life of me, I can't think of a single reason why I would ever want to launch Reader by itself (and not by launching a PDF file).

windsurfer 16y ago
It's a by-product of the silly installer they use. The reader installer team probably consists of 1 guy.
- akavlie 16y ago
  You say that as if it's too little... but really, one guy just on the installer?
  - cosminlehene 16y ago
    Installers are not that easy. Install, uninstall, update, files shared libs, registry entries, services, on a bunch of operating systems with a bunch of os versions for a bunch of application versions. Lot's of workflows, not to mention just MSI has a entire relational database inside an install package. I think it's more than one guy...
- thwarted 16y ago
  One is the optimal number of people to put on the task of fixing a bug of this magnitude.
jordanroher 16y ago
I have exactly one reason to launch Reader by itself: when setting up a computer for another user in my organization, I launch Reader once to accept the license agreement on his/her behalf. Then I delete the icon.
- jodrellblank 16y ago
  Download the customisation wizard, build a transform which installs it with the EULA accepted and no desktop icon.
gvb 16y ago
Worse, it seems to require a full computer reboot. Every. Time. This implies it is hooked so deeply into Windows that if Reader sneezes, Windows will get an appendectomy.
- estel 16y ago
  Out of interest, what Windows version are you running? Adobe hasn't asked me to reboot in quite a long while.
  - gvb 16y ago
    Win 7, but, on reflection, I'm not being fair to Adobe. I just remembered I have Acrobat installed on that computer, not just Reader, and it is undoubtedly Acrobat updates that are causing my reboot pain.
- neutronicus 16y ago
  This accurately describes the way my university network behaved.
GeorgeTirebiter 16y ago
Not only that, but I have Foxit as my default pdf reader, and when I update Reader on Win7, it forces itself to become the default reader --- WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. This is just aggressively rude of Adobe.

windsurfer 16y ago

It's a by-product of the silly installer they use. The reader installer team probably consists of 1 guy.

akavlie 16y ago
You say that as if it's too little... but really, one guy just on the installer?
- cosminlehene 16y ago
  Installers are not that easy. Install, uninstall, update, files shared libs, registry entries, services, on a bunch of operating systems with a bunch of os versions for a bunch of application versions. Lot's of workflows, not to mention just MSI has a entire relational database inside an install package. I think it's more than one guy...
thwarted 16y ago
One is the optimal number of people to put on the task of fixing a bug of this magnitude.

jordanroher 16y ago

I have exactly one reason to launch Reader by itself: when setting up a computer for another user in my organization, I launch Reader once to accept the license agreement on his/her behalf. Then I delete the icon.

jodrellblank 16y ago
Download the customisation wizard, build a transform which installs it with the EULA accepted and no desktop icon.

gvb 16y ago

Worse, it seems to require a full computer reboot. Every. Time. This implies it is hooked so deeply into Windows that if Reader sneezes, Windows will get an appendectomy.

estel 16y ago
Out of interest, what Windows version are you running? Adobe hasn't asked me to reboot in quite a long while.
- gvb 16y ago
  Win 7, but, on reflection, I'm not being fair to Adobe. I just remembered I have Acrobat installed on that computer, not just Reader, and it is undoubtedly Acrobat updates that are causing my reboot pain.
neutronicus 16y ago
This accurately describes the way my university network behaved.

GeorgeTirebiter 16y ago

Not only that, but I have Foxit as my default pdf reader, and when I update Reader on Win7, it forces itself to become the default reader --- WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. This is just aggressively rude of Adobe.