To remove Adobe Acrobat Reader* 5.0.5 from�Windows XP, Adobe recommends that you use the Add/Remove Programs utility in Windows. Optionally, you can manually remove Acrobat.

* In this document, Acrobat Reader includes Acrobat Reader with Search and Accessibility.

Note: These instructions don’t remove shared files that may have installed with Acrobat Reader, including color management files (*.icc and *.csf), Adobe Online, and components such as SVG Viewer. Also, these instructions don’t remove files or folders (for example, My eBooks) that may appear in the My Documents folder as a result of using Acrobat Reader. If both Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are installed, Adobe Technical Support recommends that you manually uninstall Acrobat Reader, reinstall Acrobat, and then restart the computer.

To remove Acrobat Reader using the Add/Remove Programs utility:

1. Close Acrobat Reader.

2. Move any documents (for example, PDF files) you want to keep from the Acrobat 5.0 folder to another folder.

3. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel.

4. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.

5. Select Change or Remove Programs in the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, select Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, and click Remove.

6. Click Yes in the Confirm File Deletion dialog box.

7. Click OK in the Remove Programs From Your Computer dialog box.

If Windows doesn’t remove Acrobat Reader (for example, it displays a Details button with filenames listed or it returns an error), do one of the following:

— Reinstall Acrobat Reader to the same folder and then complete these steps again.

— Manually remove Acrobat Reader.

To remove Acrobat Reader manually:

Note: By default, Acrobat Reader installs to the Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 5.0 folder. If you installed Acrobat Reader to a different location, modify these instructions accordingly.

1. Close Acrobat Reader.

2. Move any documents (for example, PDF files) you want to keep from the Acrobat 5.0 folder to another folder.

3. Restart the computer to ensure that Windows isn’t using any of the files you want to delete.

4. Delete the Acrobat 5.0 folder from the Program FilesAdobe folder. If you can’t delete the Acrobat 5.0 folder (for example, you receive an “access denied” error), go to step 5. If you can delete the Acrobat 5.0 folder, go to step 11.

5. Choose Start > Run, type cmd in the Open text field of the Run dialog box, and then click OK. The Command Prompt window opens.

6. On the first command line, type cd [path name to ActiveX folder] , and then press Enter. For example,

cd C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 5.0ReaderActiveX

7. At the prompt, type regsvr32 /u AcroIEHelper.ocx and then press Enter to unregister the *.ocx files from the computer. For example, the line might read

C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 5.0ReaderActiveX>regsvr32 /u AcroIEHelper.ocx

8. At the prompt, type regsvr32 /u PDF.ocx and press Enter.

9. Click OK in the RegSvr32 dialog box.

10. Close the Command Prompt window, and restart the computer.

11. Delete the Acrobat 5.0 folder from the Program FilesAdobe folder.

12. Delete the Acrobat 5.0 folder and the TypeSpt folder from the Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe folder.

13. Delete the Whapi folder from the Documents and Settings[user profile]Application/DataAdobeAcrobat folder.

14. If Microsoft Internet Explorer is installed, delete the NPDocBox.dll file (if present) and the nppdf32.dll file from the Program FilesInternet ExplorerPlugins folder or the Program FilesPlus!Microsoft InternetPlugins folder.

15. If Netscape Navigator is installed, delete the NPDocBox.dll file and the nppdf32.dll file from the Program FilesNetscapeCommunicatorProgramPlugins folder.

16. Delete any shortcuts to Acrobat Reader from the Documents and SettingsAll UsersDesktop folder.

17. Delete the Acrobat folder from the Documents and Settings[user profile]Application DataAdobe folder.