I like to prevent all programs from starting when I start Windows and instead only start them and then end them as I need them. Adobe will force their software to autostart in 1 of 2 or both places.
I like to delete everything that finds it's way into that folder. It's all safe to delete, doesn't remove the actual program, just stops it from needlessly eating up your system resources by starting automaticly for no real reason when Windows boots.
The second place they like to sneak these autorunning programs in is within your Windows registry, people make the registry out to be a scary place, mainly just to keep people from getting too adventurous in there and possibly doing real damage.
Also to scare a person away from wanting to delete the stupid programs that auto start when your system does. Deleteing the programs that get put in there to auto run and knowing where to find them is one thing everyone should know and no one should be afraid to go into. A window will open with what will look to you something like using Windows Explorer with the folder icons on the left and little plus and minus symbols to raise or drop the list.
Personaly, I like to delete all of them and your not going to hurt anything, or uninstall anything or do any harm to your system by doing so. You'll find the more if not all of those entries you delete, the faster your computer is going to boot and run afterwards noticeably faster too. Your not completely done yet though, over by RUN you may have some others with names like "RunOnce" and such.
Highlight those and delete the garbage that may be in there as well. Now you'll need to go back to the top of that left hand list and this time go to the exact same place and do the exact same thing but under:.
Close that Window and reboot your computer, you'll notice it boots and runs faster now, plus you should be able to rename your file if you have the proper user rights on your system to be allowed to rename files. Unless you know exactly what you're doing, I would not recommend you do any registry editing. Uncheck everything related to Acrobat and reboot your PC.
You'll get a message about selective startup. Just put a check in the "don't show this You can safely uncheck everything on this tab except those items related to your firewall, antiviral software, mouse, video. Let me repeat, if you make any mistakes editiing the registry, you may prevent your system from ever booting again and that may require you to reformat and reinstall everything, with loss of all your personal files.
Thank you for your concern about my going into the registry. I decided against going in for I remembered someone telling me once that if I messed it up, I'd probably have to re-format my PC. Thanks for the idea of msconfig. I did check that and unchecked adobe acrobat.
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