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If you ever have to deal with PDF files, you’ll know that Adobe Reader is slow and bloated, and has horrific startup times. This can be fixed, thanks to these easy instructions:

1. Navigate to where you installed Reader (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader for me)
2. Rename the plug_ins directory to something else (perhaps plug_ins_old)
3. Create a new plug_ins directory
4. Copy the files EWH32.api, printme.api, and Search.api from your plug_ins_old directory into the new plug_ins directory
5. Test on a PDF file

I found that Reader now starts in one second rather than fifteen. Of course, by not loading all the plugins you won’t have access to some of the advanced features (like file encryption, web services, automatic updates), but really, who uses those anyway??

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