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July 20, 2011
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Reader 10.1 "Failed to load an application resource"

  • July 20, 2011
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Hi

I upgraded from Reader X (10) to 10.1. Since then every time I start it, whether as a standalone or plug-in, I get one or more instances of an error message which says "There was an error during initialization. Failed to load an application resource (internal error)." I also note that there is no plug-ins menu.

This is getting annoying, to say the least. I am running Windows Vista SP2. Googling produced nothing relevant.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Luke

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    Hi

    Sorry for the slight delay; I only use these forums occasionally and misplaced my login details.

    I fixed mine! In Reader 9 and 10.0 I had disabled the ReadOutLoud feature as it kept popping up whenever it felt like it, and I don't need ReadOutLoud. What worked for me was first to purge the system of Reader 9 - the uninstall routine leaves stuff behind. Then I went into the Reader 10 program folder, located the plug_ins sub folder, and renamed it to oldplug_ins. Then I ran the repair routine which recreated the plug_ins subfoler.. All now works, except that the <expletive deleted> ReadOutLoud is up to its old tricks again, but I can live with that for now.

    Hope this helps.

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    halladayrules
    New Participant
    May 24, 2013

    For future readers:

    Move the Accessibility.api and ReadOutLoud.api plugins to a folder outside of : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\plug_ins folder.

    For example create a folder called old_plugins at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader and dump them in there.

    Voila, no more pesky prompt.

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    Verthox
    New Participant
    February 17, 2014

    None of the solutions listed above were successful. Located the 'plug_ins' folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader. Deleting or renaming the 'plug_ins' folder resolves the issue.

    -P.S. Repairing the program rebuilds the 'plug_ins' folder.

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    Anonymous
    July 20, 2011

    Sorry, should also have said that have tried repairing, reinstalling without removing and reinstalling after removing all without success. However, if I remove and downgrade to Reader 9, that works fine.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Braniac
    July 21, 2011

    How did you do the repair; from Add/Remove Programs, or from the Help menu in Adobe Reader?

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2011

    Thanks.

    Both. In Vista Add/Remove Programs gives a "Change" rather than a repair option but it runs the repair either way, says everything is ok, but it isn't.

    Screenshots below

    Luke

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