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Thread ID: 60942 2005-08-19 03:31:00 ADOBES 2 ? DO I NEED THEM grandad w (510) Press F1
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382159 2005-08-19 03:31:00 Recently I was trying to access A PDF Document on a site I was visiting and was informed that as I did not appper to have the latest Reader & I would need to Download the latest version.
I duly complied & the went off for the evening meal.

The following day I went to access the PDF document and discovered
that I now have Adobe Versions 5 & 6.

Do I need both versions?
and if not how do I get rid of the earlier version?

There does not appear to be an Uninstall file

grandad w the Elderly :confused: :confused: :confused:
grandad w (510)
382160 2005-08-19 03:53:00 You don't need both
If you uninstall 5 say yes to keep shared files when uninstalling or 6 probably won't work anymore
Or uninstall both and then reinstall 6
If you're using XP uninstall both and install 7 it's heaps faster than 6
bartsdadhomer (80)
382161 2005-08-19 04:09:00 I don't think there is an actual Uninstall for Adobe reader 5. I just went through My Computer/C:/Program Files/Adobe/ then deleting the directory containing version 5. That was in W2k. Version 7 still worked after that. ;) I don't think the readers use shared library files. Graham L (2)
382162 2005-08-19 04:09:00 I don't think there is an actual Uninstall for Adobe reader 5. I just went through My Computer/C:/Program Files/Adobe/ then deleted the directory containing version 5. That was in W2k. Version 7 still worked after that. ;) I don't think the readers use shared library files. Graham L (2)
382163 2005-08-19 11:03:00 I don't think there is an actual Uninstall for Adobe reader 5. I just went through My Computer/C:/Program Files/Adobe/ then deleted the directory containing version 5. That was in W2k. Version 7 still worked after that. ;) I don't think the readers use shared library files.
That's odd, I installed 6 on a 98 machine the other day then uninstalled "4" thru add/remove and 6 wouldn't work anymore, a reinstall fixed it tho'
Maybe 5 works differently
bartsdadhomer (80)
382164 2005-08-20 02:43:00 Mine didn't have an entry for Reader 5 in Add/Remove. And just zapping its directory worked fine. Graham L (2)
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