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re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 8:28 am Posted by Larry (37 messages posted) HEY! Thanks! Yes your fix does work. Now we need the "My Pictures", and the "My Music" tweaks if anyone has them. Thanks again... On Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 3:38 am, Ray wrote: >I made a post yesterday afternoon asking how to remove the "My Ebooks" folder from >being re-created everytime Adobe Acrobat Reader starts. No one could provide a solution >other than simply hiding the folder. (Doesnt help me since I view hidden files) Anyway, >do the following and the folder should never appear again... 1. Browse to x:\Program >Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins. 2. Delete the file Ebook.api 3. Finished. >I've tested it (duh) and it works perfectly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 2:44 am Posted by Claus (1 messages posted) Thanx a lot! I've tried several thing to get rid of that folder…now I can! I simply love U J On Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 3:38 am, Ray wrote: >I made a post yesterday afternoon asking how to remove the "My Ebooks" folder from >being re-created everytime Adobe Acrobat Reader starts. No one could provide a solution >other than simply hiding the folder. (Doesnt help me since I view hidden files) Anyway, >do the following and the folder should never appear again... 1. Browse to x:\Program >Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins. 2. Delete the file Ebook.api 3. Finished. >I've tested it (duh) and it works perfectly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Friday, March 12, 2004 at 10:53 am Posted by Geo (1 messages posted) Well, go to start/run and type regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll. Now those f**ken My Document subfolders won't ever appear again when u delete them. If you want to enable the feature for some sick reason just type: regsvr32 mydocs.dll to enable it again. ok good luck!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 6:43 am Posted by Larry (37 messages posted) Thanks again. Haven't tried it yet but still thanks. We'll beat them yet..... On Friday, March 12, 2004 at 10:53 am, Geo wrote: >Well, go to start/run and type regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll. >Now those f**ken My Document subfolders won't ever appear again when u delete them. >If you want to enable the feature for some sick reason just type: >regsvr32 mydocs.dll to enable it again. > >ok good luck!!!! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 2:09 am Posted by buzzer (2 messages posted) unfortunately the trick doesn't work completely. i just got this error message: " the 'ebook' plug-in has been removed. Please re-install Acrobat to continue viewing the current file". I think it depends on the file. Maybe acrobat 6 files need the damn plug-in.... grrrrr!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 8:13 am Posted by Ray (302 messages posted) You might now have the same version that I had at that time. On the older version I used no error would come up. But on this one (the same one you have) an error does come up. Kind of annoying, but better than having to delete the folder every time. On Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 2:09 am, buzzer wrote: >unfortunately the trick doesn't work completely. >i just got this error message: " the 'ebook' plug-in has been removed. Please re-install >Acrobat to continue viewing the current file". >I think it depends on the file. Maybe acrobat 6 files need the damn plug-in.... grrrrr!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 12:09 pm Posted by buzzer (2 messages posted) ...right, but I forgot to say that I could not open the file at all! All I got was the error message. That was a problem... So I had to move back the plugin again, just to open the file. Then I learned the file was protected with a certain 'Adobe DRM' protection and sent to a web page... http://aractivate.adobe.com/ The web page to 'activate' certain ebook capabilites and read the file... They asked me to sign in with my 'Microsoft .NET password'!!!! Can you believe this?! I felt like I was sorrounded... What is worst, they had their point, and I lost! Once again I had to delete the folder! :(( we have to strike back... On Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 8:13 am, Ray wrote: >You might now have the same version that I had at that time. On the older version >I used no error would come up. But on this one (the same one you have) an error does >come up. Kind of annoying, but better than having to delete the folder every time. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 6:35 pm Posted by stephanie trapasso (2 messages posted) I think this is all quite clever. Question, though: What is the PURPOSE of the My eBooks Folder in the first place? What the hell is it for? And, how can it be that certain files, like video, for instance, can automatically be moved from a personally created folder into the My eBooks folder? On Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 3:38 am, Ray wrote: >I made a post yesterday afternoon asking how to remove the "My Ebooks" folder from >being re-created everytime Adobe Acrobat Reader starts. No one could provide a solution >other than simply hiding the folder. (Doesnt help me since I view hidden files) Anyway, >do the following and the folder should never appear again... 1. Browse to x:\Program >Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins. 2. Delete the file Ebook.api 3. Finished. >I've tested it (duh) and it works perfectly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 7:45 pm Posted by 666 (2255 messages posted) I don't know the purpose of the "My eBooks" folder, and neither do the people at Adobe. I know a method that gets rid of the "My eBooks" folder and every other Acrobat annoyance, including its ultra-slow startup due to its loading of a million plugins that nobody ever uses. My method always works. Guaranteed. 1) Open the add/remove programs control panel, highlight the Adobe Reader entry, and click "remove." 2) Go to www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php and download Foxit PDF Reader. 3) Install Foxit, open a couple of PDFs, and ask yourself why you didn't flush Adobe Reader down the toilet years ago. ______________ make xp behave [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Defeated the ''My Ebooks Folder'' Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 8:01 pm Posted by stephanie trapasso (2 messages posted) I just checked out "Foxit". Perhaps more apropos-- "Out Fox it"! Good job, and many thanks, Stephanie [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum