Art, Please see my the reply I just sent to a another response along the same line.
I know of know of no way to make such a "portable app" for better or worse. I'm not saying there isn't, I'm just not aware of it. - Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:55 AM > To: Dov Isaacs > Cc: Framers E-mail List > Subject: Re: Acrobat 9 - a disaster > > Dov, > > Although this takes the thread off-topic a bit, is there any way to > configure Reader to be a "portable" ap that runs from a thumb drive? > > I certainly don't disagree with your advice about not having Reader on > an Acrobat system, but for many of us that isn't possible -- for > example, if you work in a typical office, you probably use Acrobat as > your default PDF product, but you still have to have the capability to > test those PDFs in Reader. But if you only have one system..... > > Cheers, > Art > > Art Campbell > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com > ? "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 > Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No disclaimers apply. > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? DoD 358 > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote: > > Although you CAN have both Reader and Acrobat installed simultaneously > > (assuming the same version), it is very strongly NOT RECOMMENDED for a > > number of very good reasons. It certainly does not add any functionality > > to one's system. Having said that, I will add that having both Reader and > > Acrobat of the same version on a system is most unlikely to cause the > > symptoms described. > > > > ? ? ? ?- Dov