On 10/18/2023 1:05 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 10/18/2023 3:25 AM, ...winston wrote:
knuttle wrote:
On 10/17/2023 9:40 PM, 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:
On 10/17/2023 9:13 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 10/17/2023 9:08 PM, knuttle wrote:
The other day I opened Adobe Reader DC and it went into an automatic update. The new version appeared to install properly, but thing were messed up. ie the PDF file icon went to the default icon.
I tried to uninstall the new version with the idea of going back to the old version it would not uninstall, with the message I don't have access or can not find a Temp file.
I have administrator privileges, and have been using this set up since Windows 10 came out.
Can some one help?
OP" The exact wording of the error is:
"the temp folder is on a drive that is full or inaccessible, free up space on the drive or verify you have write permission to the temp folder"
There is only on drive on this computer, I have no idea where the which temp folder I do not have access to.
Please try these:
1. Your drive might be corrupt. Try use Windows to check for errors (Right-click on Drive C -> Properties -> Tools).
2. Use Windows or third party drive cleaner program to clean up the drive(Press the Windows button on your keyboard. Type Disk Cleanup and choose Disk Cleanup App. Remember to scroll down to check "Temporary files". That should remove those Temp
files.
3. Install "Everything" to look for the file by typing in the filename, then you will know where that Temp folder is.
https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/
OP: I now have removed the Adobe Reader DC. I did a search on "remove Adobe Reader DC after a failed installation" and it directed me to Adobe's own Adobe Removal tool. It removed Adobe completely with no question.
NOW I have to decide if I want to try another installation of Adobe DC or wait for a couple of weeks to see if a patch is released.
Adobe Reader comes in two flavors
Continous and Classic.
Which version are/were you using?
- both version base installers are available, as well as the latest msp release to update the base install build number to the current released build(for Continous or Classic versions).
The latest Continous Track is an optional update 23.006.20360 on Oct 17, 2023 (fixed some bugs)
The last Continous Track Planned Update was 23.006.20320 on Sept 12. 2023 >>
The latest Class Track Planned Update was 20.005.30524 on Sept 12, 2023.
Unknown to me the download function, downloaded and installed the combined new interface and the old one in one file. You could change between them. When I changed that is when the fun began.
Adobe had one bug in the installer previously, where it ended up
that the workaround, was to "make mspaint the default app for .ico files".
The MSPaint icon, having replaced the Acrobat Reader icon. How that
works as a solution, not a clue. Adobe left that bug in, for more than
a year, despite people whining about it in the Adobe forum.
When an icon goes blank, you can either try making the application
the default again, or you can delete the iconcache.db and friends.
The best way to do that, is probably from Linux, as the Windows script
for that, involves killing Explorer.exe among other steps. And the
Windows procedure needs a reboot (as it was a script, and they can't
exactly ask you to start Task Manager and manually reload explorer.exe) .
In an unelevated Powershell (as the user needing the changes)
# "Listing all the COM automation PROGIDs". I am using Findstr on the end, to reduce output.
# You can try Adobe, Acro, or DC as a string to search for.
dir REGISTRY::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID -include PROGID -recurse | foreach {$_.GetValue(“”)} | findstr DC
# That returned "Acrobat.Document.DC" as a useful hit.
# And I can see that choice, used here. That's my current association.
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\UserChoice
Hash Reg_SZ[string] abcd1234= <=== involves crypto, cannot hand-hack this with copy/pasta
ProgId Reg_SZ[string] Acrobat.Document.DC
# A way to do it without the GUI, is a third-party application.
# This generates the Hash, which is also near that key area.
SetUserFTA.exe .pdf Acrobat.Document.DC
It would be interesting to see what is bound to yours right now.
it's possible your Program Files folder has two executables in it.
Paul
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