EDIT: 7/12/07: This apparently breaks Acrobat Reader 8.1 – even removing the accessibility plugin causes Acrobat Reader to complain about an ‘invalid plugin’, then exit out. I put the plugin back in, and 8.1 does not seem to exhibit the same symptoms that 8.0 did (i.e.: no “please wait while the document is being prepared” crap). I’m going to play around a bit, but it seems Adobe fixed this in Reader 8.1
- Cavtroop
I installed Acrobat Reader 8.0, and every single time I open a document, I was presented with a “please wait while the document is being prepared” message, that would sometimes stay for minutes as it indexed the entire document. This presented issues with both usability, and when giving presentations.
To remove this ‘feature’, simply navigate to your %Program Files%\Adobe\Reader 8.0\reader\plug_ins folder, and rename (delete, copy elsewhere) the ‘accessability.api’ file. The same file exists, but in slightly different locations, in older version of Acrobat Reader.
Poof! No more annoying messages preventing you from actually reading the file. Keep in mind, the ‘reader’ functionality will no longer work, but who uses that anyways? Next time you open a file, Acrobat will complain that this version doesn’t have ‘reader’ functionality built in. Check the box, and click OK, and that’s the last you will hear from them on that!
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May 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Thank you! This works perfectly and makes life just a little more bearable.
May 30th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Why not use foxit reader, small, free, and fast. Print to pdf? Use dopdf5, same as the former. Adobe has the bloat, why waste the space?
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:01 am
I couldn’t get Acrobat to load after trying this tip. Here is an alternative method:
1. Select Document – Accessibility Setup Assistant….
2. Select “Set all accesibility options”, click Next three times,
3. Select “Only read the currently visible pages”, click Next, and then Done.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Henry -
Thanks for the tip – see my edit above, this seems to break Reader 8.1, but I don’t have the same problem with 8.1 that I did with 8.0
THanks!
November 4th, 2007 at 6:30 am
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November 29th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
This works for Acrobat 8.0 Pro as well. When renaming the file, you must remove the .api file extension; just changing the filename and leaving the .api does not disable the ‘feature’
January 29th, 2008 at 4:38 am
You might also try this:
Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Accessibility
and change iReadingMode form 2 to 1. Worked for me with version 8.1.1.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:06 am
Where did the bookmarks panel go in v8? Not a useful tool.
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January 26th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Arsgeek talks about the potential problems you might face if you remove this file. You should be aware of this before you try out this trick ! [Editors Note: This post is by Gautam H N is the author of TechBuzz.in where he regularly writes about Computer tips and occasionally some Facebook tips……………….
February 26th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
I remember that bug. It was really irritating. I downgraded until version 8.1 was released.
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