Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Remove AcroRd32Info.exe

When PDF files are selected in Windows Explorer, a hook to pdfshell.dll calls on AcroRd32Info.exe to load the selected PDF file, extract the required information, and then pass it back to the shell for display. The shell integration is also what allows for the PDF tab in the file properties. If you like to stop this behavior:
  • Click on Start->Run
  • Type:
    • regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\pdfshell.dll" /u
  • Click Ok

3 comments:

Another Cow In The Corn said...

Nice one. Thank you!

Another Cow In The Corn said...

Using enviroment variables makes an independent language solution:
regsvr32 "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\pdfshell.dll" /u

Just in case...

Anonymous said...

AutoRuns from Sysinternals does not list this shell extension even though it's loaded by Windows Explorer.