Update: If you’re not able to uninstall Adobe Reader X from Control Panel, then,try the Cleaner tool released by Adobe
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Adobe released Adobe Reader X with sandboxing technology dubbed as “Protected mode”, most people may install and use Adobe’s popular PDF Reader but this PDF Reader lacks tab browsing mode along with other useful features offered by current PDF Readers like Nitro PDF Reader and Foxit Reader.
Uninstalling Adobe Reader X
If you want to uninstall Adobe Reader X from your Computer, here is how.
1. In Windows 7 open Control Panel>Programs>Programs and Features> Select Adobe Reader X and click Uninstall
For Windows XP open Control Panel>Add/Remove programs>select Adobe Reader X and click Remove
2. Adobe Reader X (10) setup window appears with two options to repair and remove Adobe Reader X, select “Remove Adobe Reader x (10) from your Computer” and click “Next” to let the uninstall process begin.
The adobe reader 10 made it a problem to open any pdf from my computer. I had to delete it and trying to get my old pdf documents to open now.
The most recent download of Adobe Reader 10 has corrupted some aspects of my registry. I run Windows 7, 64bit. No sooner had I completed the installation than I encountered several serious problems. My external SeaGate hard drive E: was no longer recognized by my computer. It’s running, but I can’t do anything with it. Several of my other programs stopped running and froze. Windows Explorer will not always work and when it does it’s slow and unresponsive. My Registry Mechanic program will run until it reaches Adobe Reader and then it too will lock up. My only recourse is to stop these processes in Task manager. I do still have internet connectivity. That’s running fine.
I’ve tried to uninstall Adobe 10 in Control Panel, but it will not proceed. After an hour it says that installation is still in progress.
I’ve tried to reinstall Adobe 10 in the hopes that this will somehow correct the problem, but I get a message that this program is already installed.
Besides attempting to manually uninstall Adobe does anyone have any ideas?
I have also had a problem with it. It overrides everything and won’t let me open documents in Adobe Acrobat. I cannot make Acrobat the default PDF reader, and no matter how many times I have tried to uninstall Reader X, the piece of garbage leaves behind a “WDADOBEs.API” plug-in that can’t be eliminated. Do yourself a huge favor and run screaming from Adobe Reader X. DON’T download it.
how on earth can i remove adobe reader x? Control Panel will not let me delete
it. i hate adobe reader x and want it removed from my computer. HELP!
I can not delete adobe reader 9 and I downloaded adobe reader 10 to upgrade. sine i did that, I can’t delete either one. it is crazy. I tried ADD REMOVE..AND NOTHING. i TRIED REINSTALLING AND STILL NOTHING.
HELP1111
Me three. I think Reader X 10.1.1 sneaked on board when I updated my old Acrobat 6 Professional. Since then when browsing in Firefox 8.0 and clicking on any links to PDF files, it tells me the reader is already running with a 1016:1016 error code. Tried a couple of proposed fixes like un checking the box for opening the PDF in the browser window, no dice. Can’t remove it, says “This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists adn that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.” Tried reinstalling, tells me it’s already installed. Could roll back to another system checkpoint, but that was too long ago to be a good idea.
I tried to install Reader X. It fouled up my system so bad could not remove it or find reader 9.0. The registry could not be fixed. I ended up having to do a complete recovery. My computer is now the way I purchased it. Everything is gone!!!!!!! So now have to start all over again and hope I can find some of the things I lost.
I have had no problems for years with adobe readers but this update is a real of a thing, I could live without it but my e-book readers requires it. If i could just install it and put the 9.4 back i would be happy.
Lk98 = You are so right – this piece of RUBBISH Adobe Reader X – do not download!!!!
a major no no. downloading anything “adobe” is like death to a computor. i have had no success in uninstalling this piece of frustrating garbage. I have minimal knowledge in computor literacy, the creators of this piece of “doggy doo doo” need to be buried in blah… blah…. blah…. blah……
I had updated the post with cleanup tool released by Adobe, hope you find it helpful, let me know if you’ve any further problems.
Thank you so much for the information, as soon as Adobe was removed all my icons returned and everything became normal again. Saved a lot of time compared to going through all the advice on the Windows and Adobe websites.
You’re welcome, thanks for dropping by.
I have Windows 7 Prof. and Acrobat Reader 11 (uprading in steps from AR 9.5). A had anoher problem: checking the system partition I saw that Adobe Reader occupy many spaces (about 1 GByte in different directories). So I tried to uninsatall it to free this space to make a clean install. When I uninstalled it, only about 300 Mbyte is freed and the other parts are left on the partition. Adobe cleaner does not freed them also. How can I free thees areas?
You should have uninstalled the program using Revo, by selecting Advanced uninstall mode it could’ve wiped all the leftover files of AR. May be you should try restoring pre-uninstall state of AR and then completely remove AR using Revo if restoring point is created and available. Other than that, I’ve nothing to say.