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Anonymous
January 26, 2011
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Remove "open recent file" screen on startup Acrobat X

  • January 26, 2011
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When I start Adobe Acrobat X, it opens the splash screen "open a recent file". This is very annoying, because when you use Outlook, and choose to print a PDF document, it opens Acrobat X, it prints, but Acrobat X does not close from itself. I have to do it manually. So when I have to print several PDF documents from Outlook, I need to close every Acrobat X app, so the next document will print. Acrobat 9 did it automatically.

Is there a solution, or a registry tweak, to remove the "open a recent file" screen?

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      Correct answer George_Johnson

      For the registry setting that controls this with 10.1.1, see: http://acrobatninja.blogspot.com/2011/09/acrobat-and-adobe-reader-1011.html

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      Dave Merchant
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      January 26, 2011

      You're in the Adobe Reader forum, but I assume you're asking about Adobe Acrobat...

      The Welcome Screen cannot be disabled in the Windows version of Adobe Acrobat X - it will display whenever there is an instance of Acrobat running with no documents open.

      Your issue with Outlook is separate and bears investigation - which version of Office are you using?

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      Anonymous
      January 26, 2011

      We use GPO to distribute Adobe Reader X (you were right, it's not acrobat X btw, my mistake).

      We have Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2. It happens when there are 2 or more PDF documents attached. When you use the "print" command (right mouse button -> print), Reader X prints te first document, but wait for response from the user, because the "open a recent file" screen is opened. When you close Reader X, the second document opens and prints. In Reader 9.3, it all starts automatically. All documents are printed and closed automatically. Reader X does not.

      Thank you for your help!

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