Which version of Acrobat reader are you using.. I have tried it with Acrobat Reader 5.0 Not sure about other versions.

btw, it works fine coz.. if acrobat requires any plugin while loading and does not find it in the plugins folder it will check the optional folder for the same. (at least thats what I understood and actually thats what the whole idea should have been).

but sometime you view pdfs over the internet which opens the file in the browser. I am not sure but it requires the EWH32.api (window handler api) to be in the plugins folder. If any of you face that problem of pdf not opening on the web, just move EWH32.api file to the plugins folder. It should work fine now.

Cheers.

 

 

 

Reply

I'm using Acrobat 6.0 ... >_< Is that why this doesn't work for me?

Reply

I normally wouldn't reply to a Topic as old as this, but the result of the reccomendation given here was phenomenal. I'll bet it cut the load time for Acrobat reader down to at least one third and maybe one quarter of the time it normally took to load up. This advise is highly reccomended by me even if you don't use the Reader very often. Lately I have been downloading lots of stff that is PDF, so this Tutorial was a God-send. Thanks to the author.

Reply

I guess you can also create the directory yourself if there isn't an 'Optional' directory. Basically the idea is just move every single plugins away from the plugin folder so the PDF reader will not load them. Loading plugins certain takes quite some time. But of course, most of us only use PDF reader to read PDF documents. We might not edit the PDF files, hence I think most plugins ignored will not cause a problem.

Probably certain non-english characters that require plugins to read them. Otherwise, no pluggins loaded will work as well..

Reply

I also hate the long opening time of AReader so I uninstalled AcrobatReader... Becasue I find a perfect replacement: FoxIt Reader.

It's a tiny file (1mb), it doesnt require installation. Just click the .exe you downloaded. If only thing you do with AcrobatReader is reading .pdf and I say switch to this program.

It opens as lighting fast.



You can download FoxIt Pro if you want to edit .pdf

Reply

hey this sounds good. i always get sick of having to wait for this.

it is like with paint shop and other adobe products also.

thanks for the tip.

Reply

I came across this tip before, but never got around to using it. I just followed the directions, and loaded Acrobat Reader. I saw the splash screen for less than a second! I'm guessing that the plugins aren't loaded unless they are needed. Great tip!
Edit: Moving the plugin files does not make them load only if needed, it just makes Reader not load them at all. Useful tip if you don't use the functions of plugins, like ebooks.

Reply

wow, this is really great!
I don't even see the splash screen!
Thanks, great tutorial.....

Reply

Just remeber, like I mentioned before, that if you open an Acrobat file that requires some plugin to be loaded, Acrobat Reader will tell you that it can't open the file:

Reply

i suggest using Foxit Reader instead of Adobe Acrobat. Loading time of Foxit is 0.0001 sec

Reply