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_Rob_McCauley_
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September 9, 2004
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Slow startup - can we pre-load AcroRd32.exe?

  • September 9, 2004
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Hi all, my users click on a PDF link and Acrobat 6.0 begins to launch within the IE browser. However, the launch slows down and sometimes fails when loading all the Acrobat plug-ins (api files).

Now, when the user closes the browser, the AcroRd32.exe process still runs in the background. The next time they click on a PDF document link, the document loads lightning fast.

Question- is there a way to pre-load Acrobat when the user boots up or launches IE?

Thanks in advance
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_Tembowa_
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October 6, 2004
Yes, you might be able to execute a script that launced Reader when IE initializes but why would you want to do that? You run the risk of multiple hidden instances of Reader running in the background and eating up your system resources. Your users will still get the EULA to OK when you launch Reader silently too. Oh well... here is the switch to do it anyway. You are responsible for scripting it.

AcroRd32.exe /h

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