Acrobat Reader 7 Speedup Tweak?

[a06lp]

anyone know what commands to run to "speed up" acrobat reader 7?

apparently its not the same as 6.0.x? because the acrobat speedup file says NOT to use it past the 7 beta, and something is different...

anyone have tested, working speed-up commands for this new version?

[MCT]

if u try 2 speed it up via the utility, it will work, then when u try 2 start it again it will repair (thus modifying all work u just did)

so u cant its load time is better then 6x tho

[a06lp]

so theres no way to speed it up?

v7 normal is still about 5 seconds longer than sped-up-6

[bmn]

look at this http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/darrell.no...10/06/2095.aspx

actually this is for v6.but i think it will work for v7 also.if we follow this procedure i think one cmd file is enough to speed up acrobat reader.

[creopard]

IMHO just move(!) the plugins you don't require from "%programmfiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\plug_ins" to a backup directory.

restart AR7 and make sure it starts without errors

you may have to test a little, to find your optimum of what you need and what AR7 sees as essential plugins (until AR7 stopps nagging;))

[prathapml]

You can then do it for future installs thru CMD scripts, or using the adobe-reader speedup - instructions

[SiMoNsAyS]

this is my code...

@echo off
cmdow @ /HID
%SYSTEMDRIVE%
CD "%programfiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader"
RD Optional /S /Q
RENAME Plug_Ins Optional
MD  Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\Annotations Plug_Ins\Annotations
MOVE /Y Optional\eBook.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\EWH32.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\EScript.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\ImageViewer.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\Search.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\Search*.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\Spelling.* Plug_Ins
MOVE /Y Optional\weblink.* Plug_Ins
EXIT

works pretty good, the difference between 7 and 6 versions is the Plug_Ins\Annotations dir that is extrictly necessary on reader7 to run

Edited December 24, 2004 by SiMoNsAyS

[a06lp]

@SiMoNsAyS:

Have tou tested this code?

I just did a clean install of AcrobatReader7 (RyanVM's switchless version), followed by your cmd, and when I tried to open Reader7, I got this error:

There was an error while loading the plug-in 'Multimedia.api'. The plug-in failed to initialize.

FYI, the file "Multimedia.api" is located in my: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\Plug_Ins"

what's going on?

[SiMoNsAyS]

ok, i did a little mistake while writting the code, simply move multimedia plugin to optional\ dir and there won't be any problem. it's also language (path and drive) independant. good luck!

ps: code above is updated

Edited December 24, 2004 by SiMoNsAyS

[bmn]

iam using wpi to intall softwares.its code

prog[pn]=['ProgramName']

desc[pn]=['Description']

cmd1[pn]=['Drive','CommandLine 1']------path to software

cmd2[pn]=['Drive','CommandLine 2']------can i use SiMoNsAyS code here.in cmd format

cmd3[pn]=['Drive','CommandLine 3']-----or here

rega[pn]=['Drive','Registry Key Path']

dflt[pn]=['no']

forc[pn]=['false']

cat[pn]=['Appllication Category']

ordr[pn]=[0]

pn++

i think SiMoNsAyS code shld be applied after installing adobe reader.

is it right?

[SiMoNsAyS]

i think SiMoNsAyS code shld be applied after installing adobe reader.

is it right?

right, until reader is installed there's nothing to move from plug_ins to optional

[a06lp]

ok, i did a little mistake while writting the code, simply move multimedia plugin to optional\ dir and there won't be any problem. it's also language (path and drive) independant. good luck!

ps: code above is updated

fixed code works perfectly.

slimmed my loadup time from 10 secs to 3 1/2 secs.

thanks!

[vcBlackBox]

Just out of curiousity, those asking for plugin tweaks to speed up Adobe Reader 7, are you installing the full 20MB version?

It would be kinda silly to download the full version if you're going to disable a lot of the features, why not just download the 12.5MB basic version instead.

I have Adobe Reader 7 Basic installed and most of my PDFs opens in 2 secs or less.

Under v6 with most plugins disabled, the same PDF file would take about 6 secs to open.

So overall I'm quite please with this new version.

[SiMoNsAyS]

why not  just download the 12.5MB basic version instead.

because i still want to have access to my optional plugins.

yes, about 1,5 sec to open reader7, nice speed up.

[buletov]

...will use your code simonsays as soon as i download ar7!