acrobat rdr 6.0

[joneq]

Hi all. need a little help here. I looked over at the adobe web site but couldn't find an answer. When I click on something that is run in adobe reader 6.0 the reader pops up and all is well. The problem is getting it to go away when I am done with it. it remains running even after I x it out. The reader goes away but it is still cunsuming 33 to 35k of memory. if I reboot it goes away but that can't be the only way. I really hope there is a complicated answer to this so I don't feel like a complete idiot. Tia

[renegade600]

Alot of programs steal your ram even after shutting them down. What is your operating system?

In Winxp you can do an alt, ctl, delete to open windows task manager, click on processes tab, you need to find what is running because of the reader, highlight, then click on end process.

I do not have 6.0 so I cannot tell you exactly or if it is even there but maybe it will work.

[joneq]

Thanks renegade600. i tried that quit process thing before I posted and one of those warnings popped up saying that if you quit this process you may loose all unsaved data or something like that. I don't know what the advantage is to adobe to have it keep running after exit. i will be quitting it next time though.I don't mind a little ram here and there but 35k is rediculous. btw I have win xp home, and the adobe 6.0 is way better that previous versions at least 4.0 which is what i upgraded from. see ya

[renegade600]

Originally Posted by joneq

Thanks renegade600. i tried that quit process thing before I posted and one of those warnings popped up saying that if you quit this process you may loose all unsaved data or something like that.

If you selected the right process, and you no longer need the document in your adobe acrobat reader, go ahead and close it inspite of the warning message. It is a generic one for all of the processes just to let you know that shutting down a process could cause you to lose data but only in the specific process you are trying to shut down.

[joneq]

From Adobe: Another very important thing you need to be aware of is when you have viewed a PDF inside the browser we leave what we call an “instance” of the reader in memory for several minutes. (We do this because studies have shown us often users will view several PDF files in a row online and if we shut down every time you hit back in the browser we would have to totally restart Reader each time you encountered another PDF on-line). Because the Reader is still actually running you will still have temp files – even if you close the browser and Reader isn’t on your windows task bar (it will still be running in the background). The best way to assure Reader is really closed once you have viewed a PDF inside the browser is to ctrl+alt+del to bring up your task manager, click the Processes tab (it will not be in applications), and click on “image name” to sort the list. You will see AcroRd32.exe alphabetized. Select it and click “end process.” Okay to the warning and the instance will be terminated.

It takes about 30 minutes but it will close itself.