[X4U] Default application association problem.

[Eddie Hargreaves]

Although there is no uninstall application, you can drag the Adobe Reader
6.0 folder from /Applications into the Trash and empty it. Thunderbird will
not be able to use version 6 anymore.


On 4/19/05 12:33 PM, Preston Kutzner <grdnwsl at mrichi.com> wrote:

> Here's the (compound) problem.  I have two separate clients with
> Powerbooks with Panther 10.3.8 installed on them, along with Adobe
> Acrobat Reader 6.0.  These clients are also using Thunderbird 1.0.2 for
> their email client software.  Now, the first issue is that Acrobat
> Reader 6.0 won't print any pdf, period.  Acrobat Reader 7 prints just
> fine, as does Preview.
> 
> The next part of this problem is that Thunderbird, for some reason, has
> Acrobat Reader 6.0 set as the default application for opening pdf files.
> I had assumed it was using the system default for that file type, so I
> went in and changed the default application to be Preview.  This works
> through finder and any other application that gets it's program
> association information from the OS.  However, even after changing the
> global default, Thunderbird still attempts to open any pdf's attached to
> an email with Reader 6.0.  I have even tried installing 7.0 on these
> systems, but it won't let go of the 6.0 association.
> 
> My first question is, is there any other place I should be looking to
> change program association information within OS X?  I changed the
> association by control-clicking a pdf file, then picking the "Open
> With..." menu option, and making sure the box was checked to tell OS X
> to always use the application I was choosing.
> 
> My second question is, if there is not another place to change program
> association information, does anyone know how to *fully* uninstall
> Acrobat Reader 6.0?  I tried looking for an uninstaller app, a la
> Microsoft Office Uninstaller, but I couldn't find one.
> 
> I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction even
> on where I might find the information I'm looking for.  Thanks in
> advance.