Why does Adobe Acrobat Reader require a restart on update?
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Why does Adobe Acrobat Reader require a restart when you update it? It's a piece of software that reads PDFs. Just what else is it installing/updating that requires a total OS reboot to "complete" the installation? A bit of Googling indicates that it's to allow the OS to install the Adobe "Speed La…
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There's a lot of folk wisdom that Adobe Acrobat Reader requires a reboot because of its Speed Launcher. This is not, in fact, true. Speed Launcher installs itself in the Windows Explorer "All Users" Startup folder. Thus invoking it after installing …
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