Adobe Reader TEMP file location

[j***@myplace.com]

Hey, I have Adobe Reader 6.0 installed in 98se. Everytime I use it, it
leaves a folder in my TEMP folder.
(like this): C:\Windows\Temp\Adobe\Acrobat\6.0
So everytime I clean out my temp folder this stupid folder with sub
folders is in there. I get really tired of removing the damn thing.

I decided to try to move it to the actual folder that contains the Adobe
reader files (where it should be).
I went to the "preferences" and cant find any setting for it. I looked
for an .INI file in the adobe folder and there is none.

How can I change this?

I dont understand the purpose of it anyhow, there are never any files in
these folders. The actual temp files created while a PDF are loaded are
also in the windows\temp folder, always named Acr1234.TMP (the numbers
change), but those go away on their own when I close the reader.

It's not all that big of a deal, but I like to keep my temp folder clean
in case some malware gets stached in there, so it's always one extra
step to remove that damn folder. There must be some way to change it,
but I sure cant find out where.

Thanks

[Lostgallifreyan]

Post by j***@myplace.com
Hey, I have Adobe Reader 6.0 installed in 98se. Everytime I use it, it
leaves a folder in my TEMP folder.
(like this): C:\Windows\Temp\Adobe\Acrobat\6.0
So everytime I clean out my temp folder this stupid folder with sub
folders is in there. I get really tired of removing the damn thing.
I decided to try to move it to the actual folder that contains the Adobe
reader files (where it should be).
I went to the "preferences" and cant find any setting for it. I looked
for an .INI file in the adobe folder and there is none.
How can I change this?
I dont understand the purpose of it anyhow, there are never any files in
these folders. The actual temp files created while a PDF are loaded are
also in the windows\temp folder, always named Acr1234.TMP (the numbers
change), but those go away on their own when I close the reader.
It's not all that big of a deal, but I like to keep my temp folder clean
in case some malware gets stached in there, so it's always one extra
step to remove that damn folder. There must be some way to change it,
but I sure cant find out where.
Thanks

Adobe don't give you any control over that. Better to use a DOS command in
Autoexec.bat like DELTREE /Y DirectoryPath.

[Bill in Co]

Post by Lostgallifreyan

Post by j***@myplace.com
Hey, I have Adobe Reader 6.0 installed in 98se. Everytime I use it, it
leaves a folder in my TEMP folder.
(like this): C:\Windows\Temp\Adobe\Acrobat\6.0
So everytime I clean out my temp folder this stupid folder with sub
folders is in there. I get really tired of removing the damn thing.
I decided to try to move it to the actual folder that contains the Adobe
reader files (where it should be).
I went to the "preferences" and cant find any setting for it. I looked
for an .INI file in the adobe folder and there is none.
How can I change this?
I dont understand the purpose of it anyhow, there are never any files in
these folders. The actual temp files created while a PDF are loaded are
also in the windows\temp folder, always named Acr1234.TMP (the numbers
change), but those go away on their own when I close the reader.
It's not all that big of a deal, but I like to keep my temp folder clean
in case some malware gets stached in there, so it's always one extra
step to remove that damn folder. There must be some way to change it,
but I sure cant find out where.
Thanks

Adobe don't give you any control over that. Better to use a DOS command in
Autoexec.bat like DELTREE /Y DirectoryPath.

Adobe "don't"??? You mean doesn't. :-)
Just be very careful with deltree and its parameters, as it's very powerful
(e.g. it takes out all subdirectories, too).

[Lostgallifreyan]

Post by Bill in Co
Adobe "don't"??? You mean doesn't. :-)

Aye, that I do. I was just allowing for the corporate block to have some
individual identities buried inside happily expressing themselves and making
their presense felt. Silly mistake. It won't happen again. :)

Post by Bill in Co
Just be very careful with deltree and its parameters, as it's very
powerful (e.g. it takes out all subdirectories, too).

That's what's so good about it. But sure, be careful where you point it.
People think the blunderbuss was a gun that did not need careful aim. it did,
because otherwise there is waste, maybe huge collateral damage. That's the
real reason no-one uses them now. :) Unless they WANT crude nasty weapons,
then they cut the barrels off...

That's not even a good analogy, but never mind.

[j***@myplace.com]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:41:25 -0700, "Bill in Co"

Post by Bill in Co
Adobe "don't"??? You mean doesn't. :-)
Just be very careful with deltree and its parameters, as it's very powerful
(e.g. it takes out all subdirectories, too).

Thanks for the help.

I figured that was not an option. Adobe seems to always make their
software without much user settings. At least half the PDF files I get
these days bring up a nag warning that I need a newer version of
Acrobat. Yet these files load perfectly fine. If there was a way to
tell the damn program to quit bugging me, I would.... I dont want any
newer version of it. They are resource hungry and bloated. (and may
not run in Win98).

I sure wish there was an alternative besides Foxit. Foxit was regularly
locking up, so I got rid of it. Several years back it worked fine, but
I guess the newest PDF files caused it to lockup.

I cant understand why they need to keep bloating PDF files anyhow. All
they do is load text and pictures. Why does that need to be
complicated?

Oops, I forgot.... This is 2012. EVERYTHING has to be complicated and
bloated to satisfy the young generation......

Thanks

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