[Ham-Computers] Request assistance with Adobe reader

fkamp at comcast.net fkamp at comcast.net
Tue Jan 17 20:49:50 EST 2006


Lloyd KK7IZ wrote:
> I have Adobe 5.0 or 5.0.5 hung up in my machine and can
> not uninstall it. I get a message ""Unable to locate
> installation log file "UninstX.isu"". Uninstallation will
> not continue. I need to remove it to clean up my postal 
> stuff. When I try to reinstall it, it 90% installs and
> hangs up (program does not responde message). I then have
> to reboot the computer to get out of it. It does not show
> up in my "All Programs" list, but is shown in the 
> "Add/remove" list in the Control Panel. Any ideas out
> there?
> 

Reformat and re-install.  That works every time but, 
depending on how much other stuff you need to install, that 
may not be a good option.

Once you nuke Adobe dont re-install it.  Use the Foxit 
PDFReader instead.  Foxit is faster, smaller, and lets 
itself be uninstalled.

Regards,
Frank Kamp
K5DKZ


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