When I download adobe reader it takes over all the icons on my screen then i am unable to open the programs with the adobe icons my operating system is windows vista

press start
run
cmd
rstrui.exe

This will boot system restore

Let me know and we will have a chat ill guide you through fixing it.

Uninstall it from Programs, reboot then go here and get a new one

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

You need Adobe acrobat Reader to open the PDF File
Download it from here: http://get.adobe.com/reader

Can you go to c:\program files\Adobe and find the adobe reader 6 executable there and start it from there?

If you mean Adobe Reader, then either the shortcut has lost the information on what file it is associated with or Adobe Reader is no longer on the computer. If you recently transferred to a new computer using the Windows Transfer Wizard, the shortcut may be pointing to a different version folder or to a not yet installed program. Remember the Transfer Wizard does not install the programs and doesn't transfer the registry information about installed software from the old computer.

For Windows:
First, right click on the icon and then click on Properties. That will give you the location and name of the program it is associated with (as it was created). For example: on my Win7 32-bit machine this reads "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe". Next open the Control Panel Programs list, see if Adobe Reader is listed. (For Win7, this is Start > Control Panel > Programs. WinXP, look for the Add and remove programs section.) Open Computer (My computer) and navigate to C:\Program Files. See if you have an Adobe Folder and then the reader folder location. (If the folder exists, check for the exe file and if that full folder name matches the one for the shortcut.)

If Adobe Reader isn't installed, go to http://www.adobe.com and follow the link on the right hand side to download and install Adobe Reader. Then remove the bad shortcut since a new one will be added to the desktop.

If you have Adobe Reader installed but the shortcut isn't pointing to the correct location, you can create a new shortcut by right clicking on the exe and choosing create a shortcut. Before you do this, double click on the reader.exe and check that it does launch. Otherwise, uninstall and reinstall the program.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Go to http://www.adobe.com/, near the top of the screen select Downloads. On the next page, in the upper+right hand corner you'll see "READERS AND PLAYERS" right below that select "get Adobe* Reader." Select the big, yellow, Download Now button (uncheck the google toolbar option first if you don't want the google toolbar). Follow the steps on the screen that follows and it will download and install Adobe Reader (and the google toolbar if you chose to download it). Now you can open PDF files. Hope this helps!

in order to open PDF documents, you need to have adobe acrobat reader installed. you can download and install it through adobe.com

try to re install the adobe acrobat reader...

Had a problem with Adobe. Not sure what I did, but most of the icons on my desktop looked like an adobe icon. If I clicked on any of the icons like this, including a pdf file, it wouldn't open the file or program. Instead I'd get a warning box that said something like there is no file to support my request. So I removed adobe from my computer using the control panel, and everything worked ok except that I couldn't open a PDF file. I reloaded Adobe reader 9.0, and had the same problem again, so I again removed Adobe from my computer, and did a restore and now everything seems to work fine. Oh, by the way, I have Vista Home Basic as my operating system.