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Should I remove Adobe Acrobat 2017?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #44,270
United States Rank #25,931
Reach 0.0019%

Versions

VersionDistribution
17.011.30156 15.79%
17.011.30096 2.63%
17.011.30080 10.53%
17.011.30079 42.11%
17.011.30078 2.63%
17.011.30070 18.42%
17.011.30068 2.63%
17.011.30059 5.26%

Other programs by Adobe Systems

Adobe Acrobat 2017

Overview

Adobe Acrobat 2017 is a program developed by Adobe Systems. The most used version is 17.011.30079, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The software installer includes 42 files and is usually about 3.09 MB (3,236,641 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 95% of users of Adobe Acrobat 2017 come from the United States, it is also popular in France and Hungary.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.adobe.com
Help link: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2017\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0E1108756300}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 3.09 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Adobe Acrobat 2017

  • acrotray.exe - AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application. (AcroTray)
  • AcroBroker.exe - Adobe PDF Broker Process for Internet Explorer
  • AcroTextExtractor.exe - Adobe Acrobat text extractor for non-PDF files (AcroTextExtractor)
  • AXE8SharedExpat.dll - AXE8SharedExpat 2017/06/22-02:38:56 (AXE Shared EXPAT (UTF-8 native))
  • AdobeXMP.dll - Adobe XMP Core 2016/09/10-02:41:30 (Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c015 ( 32 bit ))
  • AdobePIP.dll - Adobe Product Improvement Program
  • asneu.dll - AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
  • acrodist.exe - Acrobat Distiller for Windows (Acrobat Distiller)
  • acrodistdll.dll
  • adistres.dll
  • ahclient.dll - AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library (Adobe Help Client Library)
  • acroamt.dll - acroamt Dynamic Link Library
  • ADelRCP.exe - ADelRCP Dynamic Link Library
  • BIBUtils.dll - BIBUtils 2018/01/24-20:06:24 (Bravo Interface Binder Utilities)
  • adobeafp.dll - Adobe Acrobat File Preview
  • AcroRd32.exe - Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017
  • AcroRd32Res.dll
  • AXSLE.dll - AXSLE 2017/06/22-02:38:56 (Adobe XSLT Engine)
  • AdobeLinguistic.dll - Adobe Linguisitc Library (Linguistic Library)
  • AdobePDFL.dll - PDFL 2017/12/10-11:09:57 (Adobe PDF Library)
  • AIDE.dll - AIDE 2015/02/03-00:43:18 (Adobe Image Decode Encode Library)
  • ACE.dll - ACE 2018/01/24-20:06:24 (Adobe Color Engine)
  • AcroRd32.dll - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
  • AGM.dll - AGM 2018/01/24-20:06:24 (Adobe Graphics Manager)
  • ARE.dll - ARE 2017/06/30-02:37:58 (Adobe Raster Express)
  • BIB.dll - BIB 2018/01/24-20:06:24 (Bravo Interface Binder)
  • A3DUtils.dll - 3D Utilities Library (3D Utilities Library 17.11)
  • Acrobat.exe - Adobe Acrobat 2017
  • AcrobatInfo.exe
  • AcrobatRes.dll
  • Acrobat.dll - Adobe Acrobat DC
  • acrobat_sl.exe - Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher)
  • AcroCloudConnect.dll - Adobe Acrobat Cloud Connect DLL
  • Acrofx32.dll - Lotus Notes Field Exchange Module for Adobe Acrobat
  • adobe_oobelib.dll - Adobe_OOBELib (Adobe OOBELib)
  • adobe_upgrade.dll - adobe_upgrade (Adobe Upgrade Library)
  • Aiod.dll - Acrobat Install On Demand
  • Adist.dll - Adobe PDF (Adobe PDF Helper DLL)
  • Adist64.dll
  • amtlib.dll - AMTLib (AMT Licensing)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe - Adobe Collaboration Synchronizer 17.11

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2017\Acrobat\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • acrotray.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Acrobat Assistant 8.0' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2017\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe".

How do I remove Adobe Acrobat 2017?

You can uninstall Adobe Acrobat 2017 from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Adobe Acrobat 2017, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Adobe Acrobat 2017.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 95%
Win 7 (SP1) 5%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 94.74%
Windows 7 5.26%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 42.11%
Windows 10 Pro 34.21%
Windows 10 Enterprise 7.89%
Windows 10 Pro for Workst... 5.26%
Windows 7 Enterprise 5.26%
Windows 8.1 5.26%

Distribution by countryGeography

95.31% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 95.31%
  France 1.56%
  Hungary 1.56%
  South Africa 1.56%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Dell 25.00%
Lenovo 25.00%
ASUS 8.33%
Acer 5.56%
Alienware 2.78%
Common models
Dell XPS 8700 6.25%
LENOVO 80X7 6.25%
Packard Bell oneTwo L5810 3.13%
MSI MS-7850 3.13%
LENOVO 80Y7 3.13%
LENOVO 80K6 3.13%

About Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated is computer program company focused on the creation of multimedia & creativity program products, with a more-recent foray towards rich Net application program development.
Publisher URL: www.adobe.com

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