How to remove the Adobe Acrobat plugin from CB?

CometBird & CometMarks CometBird General Discussions
1

Hi,

As you may remember I have installed the Foxit Reader plugin into CometBird and it works sweet. Ive got still installed Adobe Reader. Because of this, the Adobe Acrobat plugin is still displayed in the CB plugins list. I disabled it because Foxit Reader is my default PDF reader program now. However, every time I check whether I have outdated plugins here http://www.mozilla.c…US/plugincheck/ it says my installed Adobe Acrobat plugin is outdated. Thats true - Since I use Foxit Reader only, I don’t update Adobe Reader any more.

Thats annoying. Is there any way to uninstall completely that plugin?

Thank you.

2

Let’s see where we are, here. Have you disabled the plugin already?

3

Yeah, its already disabled but still appears under Add-ons → Plugins.

4

You will probably want to identify and kill it by hand then. This is fun.

In your %appdata% directory, cruise to cometnetwork/cometbird/profiles/(yourstrangeprofilenumber)/extensions

See all the pretty folders with extensions in them and carefully unhelpful folder names? Open the first folder.

Have a shortcut to Notepad on the desktop.

Look for a file named chrome.manifest.

Drag and drop it onto notepad.

See which extension this folder is all about.

If this isn’t the right one, close notepad.

Select the next folder

Repeat till Acrobat

When you’ve found the right folder, delete it.

You did, of course, shut down Cometbird before you started messing with its guts, didn’t you? So start it up now and verify that Acrobat’s gone from the list of plugins.

If you deleted the wrong thing, forget where you read this.

You’ve heard of delicate, precise surgical strikes? This ain’t.

5

Hi Jennifer,

There’s an easier way to remove a plugin from Mozilla technology based web browsers, in this case, the Adobe Reader plugin from CometBird.

■ 1. Run CometBird and into the address bar type about:config and go. I think you know this screen already. If you meet this warning page, just click on the I’ll be careful! I promise! button, as usual.

■ 2. With the cursor blinkin’ now into the Filter box, type plugin.expose_full_path and double click on it once you have it before you eyes. :slight_smile: It should be bold now, with Value as true.

■ 3. Again, go to the address bar and type about:plugins this time. Go there. You’ll see a list of all installed plugins. Look for the Adobe Reader plugin and check where it’s located. It could be something as: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Browser.

■ 4. Open a Windows Explorer window and go to that location. Look for the file nppdf32.dll and close CometBird and any other web browser you could have running at the same time.

■ 5. Rename that file with some phrase you easily would identify as done by yourself, like JENNYnppdf32.dll. Reboot your computer now and, once it’s ready again, run CometBird and check if it still appears (it shouldn’t! :lol:). If it still appears, close CometBird, go to that location where the plugin is and delete it. Reboot your PC again.

Please, have in mind that by removing this plugin from CometBird, you’ll be removing this plugin from Mozilla Firefox and probably also from other programs, like Internet Explorer (as I’m not a MSIE user, I can’t tell that).

I didn’t posted any screenshot now because I’m sure you can manage to do it without any of them. If I’m wrong and you do need them, just let me know it and I’m gonna update this post with screenshots. B)

Have a nice weekend, everybody!

6

(Moderators, where’s the option to edit my own posts?! :huh: Has it be removed? Couldn’t find anywhere! :frowning: Check this picture — the Edit button is missing in my previous post! :frowning: I zoomed out the screenshot, so you can see my two posts)

I forgot one point, Jennifer: be sure to rename or delete also the nppdf32.dll file at C:\Program Files\CometBird\plugins and C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins (in case it’s still there).

Kindest regards,

7

Hi guys

I was about to try the kluelos method but since I already know a little bit how to use the about:config setting page, I decided to try the KNTROs method first because it actually seemed easier. “As usual”, it worked it out! :slight_smile: the Adobe Reader plugin is gone for good!

Oh, we dont either use Internet Explorer here at work. Thence, theres nothing to be worried about. We only use Firefox and Cometbird (I only use CB at homes desktop).

Thank you both you guys once again. I dont know what Id do without Cometforums… :rolleyes:

Best,

8

If “Jenny” and “Kntro” keep this up much longer, besides falling into a glycemic coma, I’m gonna end up “puking”…

Sorry, Guys, but everytime that I come accross one of their posts, I gag on the overwhelming “sweetness” of their ‘interchange’…

“Help, I’m a helpless maiden!”

“Fear not, Milady! Your knight has just arrived to rescue you!”

Someone pass the Gravol (anti-nausea), please!!

9

As I was perusing these forums silently in the night… here the mighty cat strikes again! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You’ve actually drawn a tear out of my eyes. From laughing, that is. :lol:

I really, wonder when he will work up the guts to “ask her out” and move on a private channel. :smiley:

In the meantime, I only pray that she’ll have more Firefox-related questions so that we can see a really mad cassie. :lol:

“Fear not milady” … you made my night. ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL