There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api'
The plug-in failed to initialize.
What does the Windows Adobe Acrobat PDF plugin PPKLite.api actually do?
For the past few weeks, every time I open a PDF file, I get:
There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api'
The plug-in failed to initialize.
Here is a screeenshot of that error:
http://i.cubeupload.com/1m6YkH.gif
The thing is, that file exists in the Adobe directory!
Here is a screenshot of the file:
http://i.cubeupload.com/Iuq1g0.gif
I reinstalled Adobe Acrobat and it still complains the same.
Yet, Adobe *never* actually needs the file!
Does anyone know what this plug in actually does?
I reinstalled Adobe Acrobat and it still complains the same.
Yet, Adobe *never* actually needs the file!
Does anyone know what this plug in actually does?
Does anyone know what this plug in actually does?
Did you try a google search (I know they are not always helpful)? I get
the following link as the first hit which seems to explain what it is;
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=001663.html
I do not know what it does. However, I have two files named
PPKLite.api. I never see that error.
Avoiding the cloud version of Adobe Reader, I have version 11.0.17.9,
which I updated just a month ago. PPKLite.api for Adobe Reader has the
MD5 hash b32f30f2690092a33cde6d2e332f5316 and the SHA1 hash df1bdbca4c358d2a8757004fd194af28c1b3c869.
I also have Adobe Acrobat 7.1.0 (the writer). This old version still provides the capabilities I need, so I do not want to pay for a later version. PPKLite.api for Adobe Acrobat has the MD5 hash 19eaa6d47a99ac14c89b2a5e6a1920da and the SHA1 hash 31915d5c45752168424099d1e083ffdce9dc44a1.
(Yes, I know neither MD5 nore SHA1 are secure; but they suffice to
determine whether two files are identical.)
I had two other files named PPKLite.api. They were left-overs from long
ago installations. I had to reinstall Windows 7 since those files were created. I just now deleted those left-overs without any apparent
adverse impact on using either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
Its the public key security implementation. As long as you don't need to
open a PDF file secured with a public key (possibly also digital
signature I hitnk) then everything will work. If you do, then it won't work....
When I look there, I find there are 37 plugins, including the two
PPKLite.api plugins!
http://i.cubeupload.com/vEv1OG.gif
Not only did *moving* the two PPKLite plugin files solve the original >problem, but, moving almost all the other plugin files and directories made >Adobe Acrobat start up *much* faster![]
One question, I guess, that pops up, is how do the *optional* plugins get >loaded now?
I would guess the most likely answer is, if you load something that
needs them (say, a signed document), they get loaded then - i. e.
there's a delay at that point. (Much like the much-vaunted advantage of
IE over Firefox [Netscape!] being that it "opened" almost instantly -
because it was all loaded when Windows started, regardless of whether
you actually wanted it or not, i. e. its loading added to Windows' start time.)
But this is just a guess: I hope someone who knows will be along soon.
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