07-27-2008, 11:00 AM | #1 |
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Adobe DE 1.5 -- can you keep it?
As part of my Sony firmware update process, I also downloaded and installed Adobe Digital Editions 1.5 from the Adobe website. But I don't seem able to keep it. At night, I turn off my computer and in the morning, when I reboot, ADE has disappeared from my system -- completely disappeared. This has happened 3 times. Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions?
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07-27-2008, 11:03 AM | #2 | |
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07-27-2008, 01:46 PM | #3 |
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How did you save to disk? I'm installing directly from Adobe's website. It doesn't give me the option to save it to disk (or my desktop).
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And, unless you have view hidden files and folders selected, you aren't going to see the Application Data folder. It's a really strange sort of installation. I mean ... my Documents folder isn't on my C drive, and except for poking around in the shortcut, I would never have thought to look in the Documents folder there ... much less the Application Data folder. Nothing but nothing normally gets installed on C ... but there it is. So, I hope that helps you find your copy of the program. Adobe really took the long way around to hide the silly thing. |
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Thanks for the information, Ricky. What I really find strange is that I can't get ADE to stick on my desktop, but no problem on my laptop, even though they are configured (software wise) the same. I've put in a request for Adobe Tech Support to see what they have to say.
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H: is my XP drive. I multi-boot, with Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro in the mix, and Linux about to be added. The shortcut appeared on my desktop, and I right-clicked, selected Properties, then clicked Find Target to open the containing folder. the actual program is a 9,726KB executable, and is self-contained. I could copy it to another drive and run it, and it came up fine. Adobe's installed is a flash based annoyance. It should let you download the installation file and install later. It should also give you control over where it gets installed. Ah, well. It's not the first time Adobe has ignored existing standards and conventions and done things their way. ______ Dennis |
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Perhaps I'll copy it to my Programs disk ... that's if I decide to use it. I might find it a nice way to keep/search my pdf files. |
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http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...3051&sliceId=1 But I agree, online-only installation is annoying. |
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As mentioned, it appears to run fine from an alternate location. I think the next test is to uninstall the "properly installed" version, then see what happens when I try running the alternate copy. ______ Dennis |
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For what it's worth, Adobe Digital Editions has disappeared from my Start Menu at least a fistful of times in the last few months. My DE library remains intact, however (thank goodness!).
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As a test, I removed Digital Editions from the Add/Remove Prorams applet in the Control Panel. Removal was almost instantaneous. Clicking on the shortcut to the copy I'd made elsewhere re-installed it. I'm not sure what re-installation did (probably wrote a registry entry or two), but it didn't recreate the structure that the origial install did. I don't keep shortcuts like that on the desktop - I like a clean, uncluttered screen. Instead, I create folders to hold various types of links, and put the shortcut in the appropriate folder. (It means I have to manually clean up dead links if I uninstall things, but that's easy.) Adobe DE lives in a folder on the desktop called eBook Software, along with Calibre, eReader, Mobi, et al. I'd be quite surprised if it disappeared from there... I'll probably stick the actual program under \Program Files\Adobe with Acrobat Reader and the like. Why Adobe couldn't do that in the first place is beyond me. ______ Dennis |
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Lately, I've been using Object Dock, which sort of emulates a Mac look ... with docks that can zoom or hide away. In any event, I too love to have a nice clean desktop. |
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There is a similar freeware program called Rocket Dock, here. For a really clean desktop, I add Iconoid from Sillysot Software. Iconoid hides the icons on the desktop after a configurable period of time, among other things. It's Sillyware. Like it? Send him something silly. (That should be no challenge for this group... ) ______ Dennis |
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