Cannot remove adobe acrobat 8

Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Won't Uninstall. I saw a similar post in regards to Adove Flash 8? Anyway, here is my problem I installed Acrobat 8 and launch the program and at the startup screen where you may select your project, regardless of what I select, the program immediately goes to not responding and Vista gives me the option to close or wait for windows.

Which ever I select ends in the same result, Adobe crashes. I tried updating to version 8. Ok, fine, then I will uninstall I can't get it to work and I can't get it to uninstall.

Tried deleting folder and it says I don't have the proper rights to do that. I have searched Adobe website to no avail. Ignore my signature bellow, that is for my desktop. Check the "Replace all existing inheritable permissions on all descendants with inheritable permissions from this object" option. Select the local or domain administrators group, and click the Edit button. Check the Allow option next to the Full Control permission.

Click the OK button. Click the OK button again. Click the Yes button in the Windows Security alert which reads, "This will replace explicitly defined permissions on all descendants of this object with inheritable permissions from CMap.

Do you wish to continue? Step 3: Delete the CMap folder. Making sure that the CMap folder is selected click the delete key on you computer keyboard, or drag it to the Recycling Bin. Click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box. Click OK. View an Adobe Captivate demo of this procedure. Remove Adobe Reader 8. To use the uninstaller, do the following:.

Do one of the following: If you installed Adobe Reader 8. Follow the onscreen instructions to remove Adobe Reader 8. If you installed Adobe Reader 8. Follow the onscreen instructions to remove the Adobe Reader 8.

Prepare the computer to remove Adobe Reader 8. Enable diagnostic or safe mode for Windows. Enable diagnostic mode for Windows XP. Quit all applications.

Click the Startup tab and Services tab. Record all deselected items. Click the General tab, and choose Diagnostic startup. Right-click icons in the Notification Area called the System Tray in earlier versions of Windows to close or disable any startup items that are still active.

Re-enable startup items and services for Windows XP. After completing all of the steps in this document, re-enable startup items for Windows XP. Type msconfig in the Run dialog box, and click OK. Click the General tab, and choose Normal Startup. Deselect any items that you wrote down in Step 3 of the previous section. Click Apply, and restart Windows for the changes to take effect. Enable safe mode for Windows Click Start, and then click Shut Down.

Click Restart, and then click OK. When you see the message Please select the operating system to start, press F8. Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and then press Enter. Re-enable the startup items for Windows After completing all of the steps in this document, re-enable startup items for Windows Restart the computer.

Acrobat registers a numerous files with the operating system during the installation.