Note: this issue disappeared for the author, after upgrading to Adobe Reader 8.1.

I was being driven around the bend trying to resolve a problem with Acrobat Reader 8 in that it kept crashing within 15 seconds of launching (scroll down to read more).

Eventually, in the Adobe forums, I found that others were having the same problem and it was due to the update plug-in. Most likely some sort of privileges problem, according to another poster in the forum.

The solution given by people in the forum was to choose to remove the Update plug-in by removing it from the application's package. However, I found that there was an extra pane in the Get Info dialog that allows you to add, remove, enable or disable plug-ins. I think it's a more sophisticated way to deal with it.

This documentation was created based on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Outlook Express 6. Other versions can be configured similarly, if not identically using this documentation.

1. First choose Accounts from the Tools menu as shown on the right.

2. The window that appears should be like the one in the thumbnail to the right. Click on the thumbnail to see the full size screenshot. Note that you need to click on the "Add" button and choose "Mail" from the menu that pops up.  read more »