Adobe Reader DC 2017 update create second shortcut in my start menu programs

[MATHG2014]

Hi,

We are working with Windows 7 ultimate 64 bits edition.

Im installing Adobe Reader DC 2017 and when i install the update it automaticly creates another shortcut in my start menu programs.

You have any idea what i should do to avoid this?

Thanks

[GBoucher]

Hi Mathg2014, I have the same problem here. After checking a few things, I think I found out why we get a second shortcut. If you copy paste the name of the two shortcuts in Notepad++ and you activate the view the special characters you can see why there's a problem. The first shortcut has the character \xa0, which is a non-breakable space. In other words, it's a special character. You will find this character between Reader and DC. In the other shortcut, it's a space between the word Reader and DC. Therefore, it's not the same shortcut name in the end. So we get this new shortcut. That said, unless Adobe create a new msp to replace the last one there's not much you can do except delete the shortcut version you don't want.

Have a good day!

Guillaume

[GBoucher]

By the way if you search for the special character it's ALT+255. Therefore, you get "Acrobat Reader DC.lnk". The special character is between the words Reader and DC. Now, with the latest msp we get a space (ALT+32) between the same two words. The problem that we all have now is which version will Adobe keep in the following updates?