DaveRD

Success! I extracted the 7z SFX archive and manually copied the system32 and winsxs directories as you had suggested. It works now as expected. Thank you. Do you know if anybody has done any benchmark testing comparing your lite builds to the official reader? I honestly don't notice much of a difference, which is the reason I am asking that question. What is your opinion on Adobe Digital Editions? http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitaleditions/ I am personally just trying it out today for the first time and find it pretty quick. Strange looking interface though. I appreciate the time you take to create these lite builds. -Dave

Thank you for your response, I do appreciate that very much. This was a clean install of Windows XP Home SP2 about 3 weeks ago. It is an OEM Builder's Licence disc which is full Windows XP Home SP2 with nothing missing, and no garbage added. It was then brought up-to-date with AutoPatcher. Nothing has been removed from the OS and I do not use any programs like nLite at all to remove components and such. Steps: - Removed official Adobe Reader 8 - Installed your Extreme package (did not work, same error) - Removed your Extreme package - Installed your Reader 8 Lite package (did not work, same error) Unless somehow the uninstall of the official Adobe Reader 8 messed with these runtimes, I do not know. What runtimes are these exactly? From Adobe or from Microsoft? Do you know of a package of these runtimes alone that I can download anywhere? Thanks again, Dave

I have tried installing the English versions of Extreme and Lite. Both went through installation without any errors. However, neither will start. - The Event Log is full of SideBySide errors - When starting Adobe Reader "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem". Which produces more SideBySide errors. I've tried reinstalling both several times. Why is this not working for me? Thanks, Dave