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Posted on Sep 26, 2010

Adobe froze up on me when I attempted to download a pdf from my employer after I updated windows explorer. I can't even remove adobe from my computer because the "patch cannot be verifed". Keeping in mind that I know enough about this to get myself into trouble, what can I do? I can't seem to find "THE MISSING PATCH".

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Try downloading Revo uninstaller (free) uninstall Adobe reader I presume we are talking just the reader, typical Adobe is very big so more to go wrong. follow the instruction, the beauty of Revo is that it uses Adobe to uninstall then it jumps in to remove Adobe leftovers in your registry, hopefully this way it will bypass "patch cannot be verified"
Download Foxit Reader it only ways in at 10Mb
I presume you checked with your IT dept?

best of luck

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Check for any updates and optional updates in control panel.
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