[Cube] OT: Acrobat 5.0 WILL_NOT_DIE!

Sun Mar 20 13:33:39 PST 2005

Just empty your trash.

On 3/20/05 2:05 PM, "George Pepper" <pep27 at mac.com> wrote:

>  OK.  This is another one of the countless computer "things" I don't
> understand.  I downloaded Adobe Reader 6 to my Xserve, transferred it to my
> Cube via the AirPort network, moved Acrobat 5.0 to the trash, and put reader 6
> in it's place in the Apps folder.  Why do all my .pdf's STILL open with
> Acrobat 5.0?  More to the point HOW CAN THEY OPEN WITH AN APP THAT'S IN THE
> TRASH?! 
>   
>  I did a search of the HD to see if there was any other copy of Acrobat and
> found all the stuff in OS 9, which I deleted (But wouldn't it try to start
> Classic Mode if that was the copy it was trying to use? <head scratch>).  The
> only way I can open a .pdf with Reader 6 is to use Open With in the File menu.
>   
>  Oh yeah.  When Acrobat 5 opens up it says it's not the default and asks me if
> I'd rather use Acrobat 5 instead of Acrobat 5.  I got to admit, that made me
> giggle. 
>   
>  I just want Acrobat 5 to be a memory.  A long distant memory of a bygone
> era.  A closed chapter in my computing life.  Something I remember with
> fondness but don't miss.
> 
> How do I do that? 