Anyone that has ever clicked on a PDF document in a web page and then waited, in excruciating agony, for the unbelievably bloated Adobe Reader to open it knows exactly what I’m talking about. So, why not do something about it?
There is a totally free alternative to Adobe Reader with will open far faster and consume far fewer resources on your system. It’s called Foxit Reader for Windows. There is just one little catch. It’s not quite as easy as most programs to install. Never fear, here are your step by step instructions to a better performing system:
Download the Foxit Reader software to your computer.- Unzip the file.
- Navigate to the Program Files directory on your C: drive and create a new folder within called “FoxIt Reader”
- Cut and paste the FoxitReader.exe from the directory in which you unzipped it to the new FoxIt Reader directory in your Program Files.
- Double click on the FoxitReader.exe file to run it.
From the Help menu make sure that you check “Make Foxit Default”- Finally, under your START menu, settings, go to Add Remove Programs and uninstall Adobe Reader. Good Riddance!
Enjoy your much faster and more pleasurable PDF viewing experience!
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Download the Foxit Reader software to your computer.
From the Help menu make sure that you check “Make Foxit Default”
Uninstallation of Adobe Reader complete! The Foxit PDF Reader installation isn’t difficult. I managed to follow your simple instructions quite easily. Great software. No bloat + no splash screens = Foxit PDF Reader. Check out Nitro PDF if you need to perform something more than just view PDF. http://www.nitropdf.com.
What a great reader! It’s like Adobe’s very early reader before it became a bloated mess! It was getting to the point where I would just print out any PDF to avoid the pain of using Adobe. Good find!
I agree, adobe reader SUCKS BIG TIME. In fact our whole office has now stopped using the stupid useless program and now sends all documents as simply jpg images, saved with Photoshop! Soon all our partners will be doing the same thing, as they too are sick of all the bullshit “security features” which are just ways to force people into buying their full bag of crap.
Cheers
I’ve really had it with the adobe reader causing firefox to crash. There is simply no reason, in this day and age, that a program which does so little, must suck so bad. I wish an adobe employee were here right now, I would kick the shit out of him.