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Question: To view this question you must download the most recent version of the free Acrobat Reader® software

clgregor — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:07:15 -0800

Every time I open Adobe Acrobat, it creates a folder in My Documents called "My eBooks." How can I stop this? I hate repeatedly deleting this folder, and I'd rather not just make it "hidden."

Similarly, when I do mail merges, Office creates "My Data Sources," another folder I don't want. And AIM makes "filelib" and "downloads." The list goes on and on.

This would be a great thread to collect all sorts of instructions on stopping auto-folder creation, if you have tips.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:12:58 -0800

According to this, delete the ebook.api plug-in in the Acrobat Reader plug-in dir. Assuming you don't use the ebook plug-in, of course. I just tried it and it seemed to work.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:40:07 -0800

For those on XP who hate the "My Pictures" and "My Videos" folders:
http://tinyurl.com/aertu

(in the spirit of moving unmovable folders).

By: mookieproof

mookieproof — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:29:18 -0800

You might prefer to avoid Acrobat Reader altogether by using the free Foxit Reader. I've found it much less cumbersome.

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:08:54 -0800

Dipsomaniac, would you mind linking directly to the page? tinyurls don't last forever. Thanks.

By: DakotaPaul

DakotaPaul — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:06:18 -0800

...and some of us are stuck behind WebSense, which considers tinyurl a "Web Hosting" site.

By: wilful

wilful — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:09:01 -0800

Gah, if he wont do it I will.

"Windows IT Pro" page