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May 14, 2008
Disable Adobe Photo Downloader
I don't know why, but Adobe Photo Downloader has decided that it needs to be running all of the time, lurking on my systray. I tried to disable it with Codestuff Starter, but to no avail. Finally, when I plugged in my helmet cam to one of the computers and Adobe Photo Downloader jumped up and tried to take control, I'd finally had enough. Here's how to disable Adobe Photo Downloader:
Run msconfig to open up the system configuration utility and de-select apdproxy.exe or Adobe Photo Downloader 3.0 in the Startup menu.
Now it wants me to restart. A small price to pray for getting rid of this virus.
Update: Well, that didn't work. Every time I rebooted, I'd get some nag about how I was running the msconfig under some trick mode and it just confused me and I'm not clear that I was ever able to successfully reboot without that virus Adobe Downloader kicking in.
So, back to the drawing board. This time, I tried to follow these directions and I launched Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and I went to Edit - Preferences - Organize and Share - Camera or Card Reader - Import - and unchecked "Use Adobe Photo Downloader..."
Hopefull that will do the trick. Fingers crossed.
Posted by Rob Kiser on May 14, 2008 at 5:12 PM
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