microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

some softwares are determined
not to be uninstalled and their
bad conduct is like malware.

would i would suggest is to
uninstall version 7 via safemode.

if you can no longer use to
uninstall option, then simply
delete the program folder for
adobe.

in either case with the above
you should then run a registry
cleaner to remove all registry
keys left behind by adobe:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

then you should also delete the
prefetch files located in the
windows prefetch folder. specifically
deleting those named with
adobe would be ideal. however,
because of spyware, registration
nagware and other wares that piggybacked
adobe, it would be easier just to
delete all of the prefetch files.

finally, before rebooting, open
msconfig and make sure
there are startups have nothing
related to adobe.

then reboot and enjoy.

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"flamestar" wrote in message
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> This was a messsage someone posted from last year. It seemed no one
> could hell him. Now that same thing is happening to me. No one knows
> or if they know they refuse to say how to prevent windows installer
> from running automatically. I bought ashampoo power because the ad
> said it would fix the problem well it doesn't seen to have any cammand
> for that. My problem is no one seems to know how to stop Adobe
> Acrobat version 7 on my XP computer from installing automatically. It
> seems the only thing I can do is switch to Linx or another opertating
> system.
>
> This person had the same problem and no one could help. As for adobe
> being willing to ever help anyone give me break.
>
> Only one person tried to help. The good soul said turn off your
> computer for a while. I'm sure it was good advise but it didn't work
> in my case.
>
> If fear deleating windows installer would screw up my computer even
> worse.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> A while back I installed Adobe Acrobat version 7 on my XP computer.
> Recently I found a folder called "Adobe PDF" in the "Shared
> Documents"
> folder, so I decided to delete it. Well, after doing that, I
> double-clicked on a completely unrelated folder on my desktop and
> this
> Adobe Acrobat dialog pops up on my screen to tell me that Acrobat is
> configuring itself and what not. Then the "Adobe PDF" folder shows up
> again in the Shared Documents. How in the hell is this Adobe
> application able to intercept me double-clicking a folder? And how do
> I
> prevent it from doing so? I did some more testing and after deleting
> the "Adobe PDF" folder, any action triggers this, like double-
> clicking
> on any file or folder. This is very annoying. I really don't like
> applications hanging out in the shadows and doing "stuff" behind my
> back. Is this something related to shell explorer extensions? I
> looked
> in the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\, but I don't see anything
>