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September 28, 2005 1:07 PM

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.

posted by clgregor to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Best answer: 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.
posted by smackfu at 1:12 PM on September 28, 2005

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

(in the spirit of moving unmovable folders).
posted by Dipsomaniac at 1:40 PM on September 28, 2005

You might prefer to avoid Acrobat Reader altogether by using the free Foxit Reader. I've found it much less cumbersome.
posted by mookieproof at 2:29 PM on September 28, 2005

Dipsomaniac, would you mind linking directly to the page? tinyurls don't last forever. Thanks.
posted by gleuschk at 3:08 PM on September 28, 2005

...and some of us are stuck behind WebSense, which considers tinyurl a "Web Hosting" site.
posted by DakotaPaul at 4:06 PM on September 28, 2005

Gah, if he wont do it I will.

"Windows IT Pro" page
posted by wilful at 5:09 PM on September 28, 2005