Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster
Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster – Go to your Acrobat\Reader folder and take everything from the "plug_ins" folder and move it into "Optional" except the following: Search.api, Search5.api, IA32.api, EWH32.api, EScript.api. Printing and search will still work, and it will load 75% faster. This is on Reader 6.0.
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- Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This tip just gave me back about 15-30 seconds of each work day. Thanks to John for the tip. The referenced "Optional" folder is nearly empty by default, with only a readme.txt that declares: Put unused plug-ins in the optional... - Anonymous
September 08, 2004
Hi John,
Thats awesome!!!
I almost reverted to an earlier version of Acrobat Reader because it was such a dog to start up.
Cheers - Anonymous
September 08, 2004
Good tip, worked a treat
Phil. - Anonymous
September 08, 2004
You could also use "PDF SpeedUp" and let the tool do all the work (http://www.acropdf.com/pdfsu.exe). - Anonymous
September 08, 2004
Many Thanks,
I use Acrobat 10 times a day and it was really frustating waiting for it too start.
nice tip
many thanks
Deepesh - Anonymous
September 09, 2004
Top banana - good effort. - Anonymous
September 13, 2004
Ian,
I haven't heard of that problem with Acrobat. If you put the files back and test again, it should help you troubleshoot the issue.
Thanks,
John - Anonymous
September 18, 2004
What about the 6.0 Pro version? It doesn't store things the same way.