Tech Tips for the Field

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:31 AM

Hi John,

Thats awesome!!!

I almost reverted to an earlier version of Acrobat Reader because it was such a dog to start up.

Cheers

Angus Logan

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:42 AM

Good tip, worked a treat
Phil.

Philip Ashworth

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:33 AM

You could also use "PDF SpeedUp" and let the tool do all the work (http://www.acropdf.com/pdfsu.exe).

Jens Schaller

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:33 AM

Many Thanks,

I use Acrobat 10 times a day and it was really frustating waiting for it too start.
nice tip

many thanks

Deepesh

Gr8 Tip

# Tip Of The Day: Speed Up Acrobat Reader 6.0 @ Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:58 PM

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...

cygweb

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:45 AM

Top banana - good effort.

Matt Little

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Monday, September 13, 2004 5:02 PM

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

John Roller

# re: Get Acrobat Reader to open up faster @ Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:25 PM

What about the 6.0 Pro version? It doesn't store things the same way.

Rick Horowitz