Adobe Download Manager

Comment by juha, on 20-NOV-2006 17:23

You think that's bad, wait until the auto-updater gets its knickers in a bunch and wants to reboot your computer all the time.

There's no need to use Adobe Reader though. Try Foxit for instance, which seems to do all Reader does in just 1.5MB, not 20MB.

Comment by Gis Bun, on 21-NOV-2006 11:53

Have you fried FTP. The full copy is there...

Comment by sean, on 10-APR-2007 05:24

HI I LIKE THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE IT PROVIDES ME WITH WAT I NEED

Comment by Shaheen, on 13-AUG-2007 22:57

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Comment by sam walusimbi, on 30-DEC-2007 01:48

I like adobe but the free downloads take alot of time.

Comment by fowdar, on 26-FEB-2008 16:56

umru

Comment by yuvan, on 13-APR-2008 07:32

Hey man

it sucks..its scrap..it makes a lot of confusion for users...The brain behind who intiated this idea of the download manager will be going to hell..

I dont know why people always think about "change" constantly and try to bring out new ways thinking that would be really cool for users but not knowing that it really sucks...



Please adobe get rid of the download manager and constant update messages...

Comment by red, on 25-MAY-2008 22:32

i like your programs very well. they are always the no. 1

Comment by William, on 15-JUL-2008 13:30

So where can i download the Adobe download Manager?



I cannot find it in Adobe website and the Akamai website too.



It really sucks

Comment by Ed, on 23-MAY-2009 22:43

That DLM is crap! am goin round in circles just tryin 2 download Photishop trial.

Comment by Roberto h, on 28-JUN-2009 03:11

Don't worry, just do the normal process in mozilla firefox, not in interner explorer, allow pop-ups windows, and it works. It works for me.

Comment by nAdobet, on 6-JUL-2009 09:55

I can't believe this. Almost three years after the posting of the original comment in this chain, i.e. about the difficult experience of Adobe's download process, I am encountering the exact same problem today (July/20009). Is there anyone in Adobe who reads/listens to customer experience issues?

If you are interested to see my question, you can find it here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/441116 - I like to believe that Adobe has a good product (I don't have much of a strong opinion one way or the other), however, which ever way you look at it, it shouldn't take three years of customer complaints to figure this one out. Come on; get rid of this useless product. At best it is an inhibitor to try or use an adobe product.

Comment by Michael Hall, on 10-JUL-2009 21:42

1. Go to http://get.adobe.com/reader and select "download."
2. Firefox will block it, which is good.
3. Select the link at "If it does not start, click here to download."

Comment by Boudie, on 25-SEP-2009 19:15

Hi,
In reply to the last post:
When i get to the " getadobereader" page normally the downloading starts. When you cut the installation off and click the "If it does not start, click here to download." then the installation starts without using DLM.
I didn't need to do the URL trick.

Greetz

Comment by Another thankful man, on 7-DEC-2009 08:46

Thanks Boris G. It worked very well. Thanks you very much.

Comment by Webgirl, on 25-JAN-2010 08:52

Here's my recent experience with Adobe Reader 9.3.

My PC is a Windows XP Professional. Adobe Reader 9.0 is part & parcel of the software, of course. A few weeks ago, Adobe posted their message: "Download Reader 9.3 Now!" I opted for downloading the update later. But, somehow Adobe managed to bypass my "later" message. I noticed something was wrong when I tried to open a PDF document, and the following message appeared on my browser window:

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
When clicking on the icon Adobe Reader, it does not open. A window opens with the same message as above.
Next. I thought that if I uninstalled the Adobe Reader files from the Add/Remove files in the Control Panel, and re-installed them again, it would resolve the problem. I made several attempts, but the following message followed each attempt:
"Error 1321. The installer has insufficient privileges to modify the file
C:/Program Files/Adobe Reader 9.0/Reader/plug_ins/Annotations/Stamps/Words.pdf."

Clicking on "Retry" or "Ignore" changes nothing. In fact, if "OK" is clicked, the next message reads:
"Fatal error during installation"

This led me to search for the Adobe Program Files in the hard drive. It turns out that the following files in question are encrypted (as the green tint of the file names indicate):
Adobe ID Adobe Acrobat Document 81KB, and
Default ID Adobe Acrobat Document 79 KB

Program file Adobe Enu was also encrypted. So, I clicked on Properties Adobe ID to "decrypt, "then "compress" at first, but was unable because of this message:
"An error occurred applying attributes to the file: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Reader.../AdobeID.pdf
The specified file is read only."
Under Program File Adobe Reader 9.0 Resource->CMap, "Identity –H File 7 KB and Identity –V File 2 KB" are both encrypted , and when I attempted to decrypt either of the files, this was the message:
"An error occurred applying attributes to the file: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Reader 9.../Identity-H Access is denied."

Following this incredible loss of time, I decided to download again the Adobe Reader 9.3 (Download Manager was attached as a binary file), from the Mozilla Firefox program. After the download finished, and it appeared that the setup was going through, the process stopped short just before the setup was completed... with the following message:

"iNOSSO®2.0
Error 1321.
The extraction failed for an unknown reason. The program has been closed without installing.
Please send the info ID to http://www.adobe.com/misc/bugreport.html"


As of this writing, I cannot open the Adobe Reader application, and neither can I remove it from my hard drive. Any helpful suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks

Comment by Webgirl, on 8-FEB-2010 07:24

It appears that download Download Manager is a key component of the Adobe Reader file. The mistake I made was trying to download Reader 9.3 after trying to remove it from the Program Files, while not being able to uninstall it from the Add/Remove programs in the Control Panel.

Windows wouldn't let me do this, hence the message about not having permission to remove/delete the file, even though I had Administrator's rights. Apparently, the program was installed by the previous user (I have a refurbished PC), who had encrypted his/her identity. The Download Manager is supposed to give you access to the file, should you wish to "modify" it, for example. 

The ideal scenario would be to use a specific tool Windows provides to remove the entire Adobe Reader application with all its problems from the PC's hard drive memory, then reinstall it again from Adobe's web location...which, by the way, clearly states that the Download Manager may be "seamlessly installed" at the same time.

Push comes to shove, the alternative would be to download another program which performs the same duties as Adobe Reader, without all the hassles, and then choose that application instead as your "default" program to open your PDFs, etc.