What does getplus(R)_ocx do?

What is wrong with Windows Installer 4.5.

Oh yes! It doesn't run on Mac and Unix.

JonnyV, a five-star post. Thank you very much!

Thanks JonnyV for actually being helpful. Evidently these 1st responders may be just low-level marketing flaks employed by Adobe. Doing more harm than good. Hey, get that "important" point that the program has been rebranded from Acrobat Reader to Adobe Reader. Gee if I didn't know that the software might not work!

Johnny V

Your response was very helpful - thank you. I just googled this for the same reason as Mark and your answer was exctly what I needed. Great. Why aren't all things this easy to solve!

Jenny

There is no Acrobat Reader anymore. Hasn't been for a long while.

Regardless of what forum is proper for playing with rubber ducks and other items like the price of tea in china and how it has to do with world economics:

The most PROPER response by John T Smith OUGHT to have been:

"This is what GETPLUS is (Followed by a PRECISE explanation of WHAT IT IS, since IT IS ALSO PART OF FULL ACROBAT) - And This is the importance of it (Followed by an ANSWER to MarkCollingwood's ORIGINAL post, ie: CAN I DELETE THIS)

Of course MarkCollingwood was IMPROPERLY redirected to a "GNDN" location. Does Jon T Smith KNOW what GNDN means? He should as all of his posts here have the qualities: GOES NOWHERE, DOES NOTHING.

Now, MarkCollingwood: I'll give you an answer RIGHT NOW: GETPLUS is a piece of BLOAT that Adobe adds to their products that is also "GNDN" - In Other Words, it is NOT Necessary.

It allows Acrobat and Acrobat Reader and other Adobe Bloatware to automatically download installation packages that we OUGHT to be able to download straight to our desktops instead of going through GETPLUS.

GetPlus = DELETE IT.

To totally get rid of it, open a COMMAND window in c:\Windows and CD up to "\Downloaded Program Files"

Do a DIR and find the file GP.INF - Open it and find LOCATION of GP.OCX.

Then DELETE GP.INF and find GP.OCX in the c:\Windows\System area of files and delete THAT as well.

When you are done open REGEDIT and locate any references to GP.INF or GP.OCX and delete THOSE as well.

Finally, I would ask Adobe to, rather than add BLOAT to their programs (which we are forced to use) - GIVE US a direct link TO THE INSTALLER FILE, and let us choose when how and where we WISH to install our Abobe BLOAT products.

Thank you.

PS:

"Where are you getting it from?

I don't believe that Adobe has ANY software that it charges $15.00 for. Reader is free."

Yes, but Real ACROBAT costs at least $150. ACROBAT (The software to MAKE Acrobat PDF files), Not ACROBAT READER (The software to READ Adobe Acrobat PDF Files).

Big Diff: Free vs $150. Or More.

>Adobe wants me to pay $150.00 for the software.

Where are you getting it from?

I don't believe that Adobe has ANY software that it charges $15.00 for. Reader is free.

I am trying to Download Adobe reader to my computer for PDF file, I have no luck. Why? I may never use the PDF file again.
Adobe wants me to pay $150.00 for the software.
I don't think is fair from Adobe to treat people like that.
Joe Urban

>Trying to download/install Adobe Reader 8

This is for FULL Acrobat - the Reader Forum is Here
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3bbf42f7

Trying to download/install Adobe Reader 8 (up to four times)I got the message during the process: 'cannot retrieve essential parameter 12250.305.770'. The download/installation has not succeeded i.e. stops at 93% and I am not able to read any .pdf documents. (the former version Adobe reader has initially been deleted from program files). What could be the problem?
Hoping for answer solving the problem

Per