As I have written on this list and others, Acrobat is not designed such that you may have parallel installation of multiple versions of Acrobat and or mixed installations of Acrobat and Reader on the same system while still allowing for full functionality of all such versions. In addition, you may find various types of crashes and anomalies.
The proper way to handle a "test" of Acrobat 8 (for example) when you currently have Acrobat 6 installed would be to totally uninstall Acrobat 6, reboot, and install Acrobat 8. If and when you wish to go "back" to Acrobat 6, totally uninstall Acrobat 8, reboot, and fully reinstall Acrobat 6. No, I don't think this is ideal or even good. But that's how it works, whether you or I like it or not! :-( - Dov ________________________________ From: Yves Barbion Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:51 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: OT: Acrobat 8 Trial overwrites Adobe PDF printer driver instance? Hello FrameUsers, I had the following situation: 1. I have Acrobat 6 Professional up and running (with some nice Enfocus plug-ins). 2. I want to give Acrobat 8 Professional a try, so I download and install it. 3. During the installation, I get a warning telling me that another version of Acrobat is already installed on my pc. Indeed, version 6. I don't want to remove it, so I click the Ignore button. 4. I play around with Acrobat 8 and discover the VERY nice review features. 5. Next, I try to create a new PDF file (from FrameMaker) but I get a warning telling me that I have to activate Acrobat 8 first. Hmmm! 6. I check my Adobe PDF printer driver instance and see that it has been overwritten by Acrobat 8. Is this correct? 7. I do want to upgrade to Acrobat 8, but later, so I still need to be able to create PDF files for my daily production work. 8. I take a chance and reinstall Acrobat 6 (Repair). Towards the end of the installation procedure, I see that a new Adobe PDF printer driver instance is being created. 9. I check the Adobe PDF printer driver instance and reconfigure its properties, taking into account Dov Isaacs' very helpful recommendations. 10. Everything works fine again. So this worked for me to have two versions of Acrobat "next to each other" on the same pc, but I understand that playing around with the Adobe PDF printer instance can be tricky business. Or is there a better (safer) way to do this, apart from installing these trial versions on a dedicated "trial pc", which you don't use for production work? Best regards -- Yves Barbion _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.