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Rolf wrote: {Quote hidden}> Rolf wrote: > >> Denny Esterline wrote: >> >> >>> I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of acrobat's grief - constant updates, bloat, nag screens, slow, etc. >>> >>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ >>> >>> I'll never go back. >>> >>> -Denny >>> >>> (just a happy user) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> The Foxit 2.0 has been released today (no longer Beta), I'll give that >> one a whirl. See what happens. >> >> Rolf >> >> I'm so unsatisfied with foxit, that I want to go back to Adobe 5. Uninstalling Foxit isn't possible in a standard way, as I see now, I have to run through the complete registry :-( Stef

> I'm so unsatisfied with foxit, that I want to go back to Adobe 5. > Uninstalling Foxit isn't possible in a standard way, > as I see now, I have to run through the complete registry :-( > Stef > Have you seen this? http://www.foxitsoftware.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=269 At the bottom there is a file which removes all registry keys. I am also having some problems with foxit while reading PDF:s from internet explorer. Sometimes the file just won't open, only a blank screen is displayed. If I save the file to hard disk and open it from there, it will mostly display fine. This might be a problem with ie though since I'm using ie 7, beta 3. Anybody noticed the same with foxit? /Ruben ============================== Ruben Jönsson AB Liros Electronic Box 9124, 200 39 Malmö, Sweden TEL INT +46 40142078 FAX INT +46 40947388 spam_OUTrubenTakeThisOuTpp.sbbs.se ==============================

stef mientki wrote: > I'm so unsatisfied with foxit, that I want to go back to Adobe 5. > Uninstalling Foxit isn't possible in a standard way, as I see now, I > have to run through the complete registry :-( It doesn't seem to be that different from other programs. It seems to only do three things to the system: 1- it creates a FoxitReader.Document class, 2- associates that class with .pdf files and the MIME application/pdf type and 3- adds some configurations to the registry. #1 is the only thing that a typical uninstaller would get rid of that needs meddling with the registry. #2 you can easily revert. (I'm surprised though that Acrobat Reader doesn't seem to provide an option to re-associate itself with PDFs. But probably a repair install does the trick.) #3 is, as far as I can see, not more than what other programs leave behind /after/ you ran the uninstaller. Typically, the uninstaller doesn't remove anything that was created or modified after the installation, so any registry-stored setting that has been altered by a user action is usually left behind and has to be deleted manually if you want to get rid of it. FWIW, Resplendence Registrar http://www.resplendence.com/registrar is quite helpful in dealing with the registry. They have a free light version. Gerhard