[Cube] OT: Acrobat 5.0 WILL_NOT_DIE!

Sun Mar 20 16:16:23 PST 2005

Empty your trash and get Adobe Reader 7, it's faster.
Joel
2005-03-20 kl. 20.05 skrev George Pepper:

>  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?
>
>  TIA
>
>  Pep
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