Newt Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I notice that both Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and Adobe Reader 8.0 are listed in the Applications to clean. However, I only appear to have the Reader installed, not Acrobat. Just wondered why this is? (Only noticed this recently.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Don't worry. I have installed Adobe Reader v10 recently as well and it has added two entries to the registry called ""Acrobat Reader"" and ""Adobe Acrobat"". In the first registry entry info for Adobe Reader is registered. The second registry entry contains only a very limited amount of data/info for Adobe Acrobat but as a result of that second entry CC thinks that Adobe Acrobat has been installed as well. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 1, 2011 Moderators Share Posted February 1, 2011 Please look for HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0 in your registry if it is there that is why acrobat is showing on ccleaner I don't know if that entry is used in reader (I don't think it is) so I'll have to wait til I get to a computer with only reader installed and see (in willy's case it'll be HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\10.0 ) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newt Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Please look for HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0 in your registry Yes, I do have this key in my registry. However, I do not actually have Adobe Acrobat installed as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailback Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I notice that both Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and Adobe Reader 8.0 are listed in the Applications to clean. However, I only appear to have the Reader installed, not Acrobat. Just wondered why this is? (Only noticed this recently.) It appears to be due to a change in the detection rules for Adobe Reader 8.0 & Adobe Acrobat 8.0 where the AVGeneral subkey is removed. <! = old version !> = ccleaner version 3.03 [Adobe Reader 8.0] <! Detect=HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\AVGeneral !> Detect=HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0 [Adobe Acrobat 8.0] <! Detect=HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\AVGeneral !> Detect=HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0 If I'm correct you do not have this registry key ending in AVGeneral. HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\AVGeneral The same may apply to Adobe Reader 9.0 & 10.0 plus the just added Adobe Acrobat 9.0 & 10.0. But I'm not certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 The point - IMO - is that when the user installs Adobe Reader only, two registry keys called ""HKCU\Software\Adobe\xxx\Acrobat Reader\...."" and ""HKCU\Software\Adobe\xxx\Adobe Acrobat"" are created. (The xxx is the version number e.g. 8.0, 9.0 or 10.0). And then that second registry key in combination with the abbreviated detection line makes CC v3.03 think that the Acrobat software has been installed as well. Solution: CC v3.03 and higher versions shouldn't contain/use that abbreviated detection line for detecting Acrobat. This also assumes that Adobe Reader 9.0 and higher versions do create that registry key ""HKCU\......\.....\....\....\AVgeneral"" as well. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prestonian Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I only have Adobe Reader X installed but Ccleaner still lists both this and Acrobat X as Applications. Deleting the registry entries for Acrobat temporarily removes it from Ccleaner but opening Reader results in Acrobat being listed as a Ccleaner Application again. Has anyone found a way of restricting the Ccleaner Application to just Adobe Reader where that is the only program installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Adobe Reader seems to add that registry key to the registry each time it's used. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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