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Hack to stop Adobe Reader 8 from adding Help Viewer and Updater to Applications folder

Feedback Type: Usage Tip

Contributed by: fimbo42 Sunday, April 22 2007 @ 08:42 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

First open /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/RdrENU80SelfHeal.xml and Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/RdrENU80SelfHeal.xml in a suitable text editor (i.e. one with find and replace). Backup both files before you make any changes.

In both files change all Updater and Help Viewer<key>to<key/><string>...<string/> values to their corresponding <key>from<key/><string>...<string/> values. The 'from' values look like <key>from</key><string>Contents/MacOS/SelfHealFiles/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities.localized/Adobe Updater5/Adobe Updater.app/Contents/Resources/...<string/> and <key>from</key><string>Contents/MacOS/SelfHealFiles/HelpViewer/Adobe Help Viewer 1.0.app/Contents/...</string> respectively. Save these changes.

Now when Adobe Reader opens it attempts to heal its own self heal files, so it doesn't change anything. You can now delete the Help Viewer from the Applications folder and the Updater from the Utilities folder and they won't return.