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By Abhishek Ghosh October 18, 2010 5:25 pm Updated on October 18, 2010

Speed up your Acrobat Reader

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The major reason people avoid it and install third party software is its slow start up time. Use this tweak to open any pdf file in Acrobat reader very fast. With our method, you can speed up your Acrobat reader up to 10x times faster.

 

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1. Go to the installation folder of Acrobat Reader.

 

For 32 bit version, go to:

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C:program filesAdobeReader X.0plug_ins
# (Where, X.0=Version of Adobe Reader)

 

For 64 bit version, go to:

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C:program files(x86)AdobeReader X.0plug_ins
# (Where, X.0=Version of Adobe Reader)

This ScreenShot shows the method in 64 bit version in two steps:

 

 

2. Move all the files and folders from the “plugins” directory to the “Optional” directory.

 

For 32 bit version, go to:

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C:program filesAdobeReader X.0optional
# (Where, X.0=Version of Adobe Reader)

 

For 64 bit version, go to:

Vim
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C:program files(x86)AdobeReader X.0optional
# (Where, X.0=Version of Adobe Reader)

 

(we repeat.. cut and paste the files NOT copy & paste; press [ctrl]+[A] to select all, [ctrl]+[X] to cut and [ctrl]+[V] to paste). It may give security prompt, accept it:

 

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Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow you to move the files).

When you first run Acrobat after doing this tweak, it will bring up installation window to rearrange some system information, Acrobat Reader will not open this time. After the first run, it will never behave like this.
Now your acrobat reader will load very fast and almost as good as notepad.

 

Note: A reported bug of this method by a regular user of our old website (CustomizeWindows.co.nr):

Mr. Nikhil from India reported on 8th of Aug, 2010; that the embedded pdf file in websites, which needs to be opened within the browser (Internet Explorer and Google Chrome to be specific) does not load correctly, in case you adopt this method. Offline pdf files/downloaded pdf files however, have no problem; as usually.

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Comments

  1. Avatardreamweaver says

    February 5, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    What a fantastic post, appreciate it very much, was wondering do you have a RSS feed where I can register and follow your future articles?

  2. AbhishekAbhishek says

    February 5, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    You can subscribe to TheCustomizeWindows.com ‘s daily email newsletter (kindly see right sided column) and RSS too (See top for RSS icon or the footer for link).

  3. AvatarMohan Noone says

    April 21, 2012 at 9:34 am

    This really works! Thanks!!

  4. AbhishekAbhishek says

    April 22, 2012 at 1:25 am

    Thanks and welcome Mohan to TheCustomizeWindows.

  5. AvatarVinay Chaudhary says

    May 12, 2012 at 6:18 am

    Awesome !! … It works absolutely awesome now.. thanks a lot. i was considering uninstalling it and getting an old version installed… but u saved me time !! All respect !! Thanks again :D

  6. AvatarBen says

    September 25, 2012 at 3:31 am

    There is no ‘Optional’ folder. Maybe a different folder for Windows 7?

  7. AvatarBen says

    September 25, 2012 at 3:32 am

    There is no ‘Optional’ folder. Maybe this folder not in Windows 7?

  8. AbhishekAbhishek says

    September 25, 2012 at 7:58 am

    Create that folder named Optional. Then do the rest.

  9. Avataralejandro says

    December 5, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    Acrobat X shows install bar and then appcrash. Every time I try to open. Any suggestions?
    SO Windows 7.
    Thanx.

  10. AbhishekAbhishek says

    December 6, 2012 at 1:58 am

    It is fortunately or unfortunately among the known issues with Acrobat X. You can use this official tool : http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html and also read this immense big list : http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/known-issues-acrobat-x-reader.html (there are some links to fix).

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Speed up your Acrobat Reader," in The Customize Windows, October 18, 2010, July 1, 2022, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2010/10/speed-up-your-acrobat-reader/.

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