adobe reader installation

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 10:28 PM

can someone please help me with installing the adobe reader for pocket pc. don't have much hair left and about to pull those out! thanks!

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 10:30 PM

how far did you get? Where are you stuck?

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 10:32 PM

In the PDA/AXIM Newbies forum right at the top there is a thread that might help too. This link might work:

http://www.aximsite.com//boards/show...threadid=22385

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 10:51 PM

run setup....nothing

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 10:57 PM

NOTHING AT ALL??? You download the file to the PC, run setup and just nothing? No error message? No crash, just nothing?

Try and reboot the PC and/or instead of choosing DOWNLOAD from the link try OPEN.

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 11:06 PM

apparently there's some problem w/ adobe & axim. adobe's forums don't offer any solutions. it would seem that someone out there that has this problem would have posted a solution. ugh!!!!

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 11:10 PM

I've had no problems running Adobe with the Axim. That statement holds no water at all. Downloading and executing the file on your PC is completely indifferent to the Axim. There's no logical connection.

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 11:11 PM

In fact if you're running WM2003 there is probably even a copy of Adobe on the Dell CD. See if that works.

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 11:21 PM

i'll try the CD. it was at the office and (silly me) thought i could simply download the latest version from the adobe website. hopefully the CD will be the answer. thanks for the help.

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 11:24 PM

I used the one from the website, not the CD. But give it a shot. To be honest it doesn't sound at all like a problem with you Axim though.

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 11:28 PM

when i downloaded from the website, it downloaded to the pc (dell, by the way) and when i tried to run setup, nothing happened. when you downloaded, what happened?

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 11:32 PM

Just trying it now, I selected the Pocket PC build from here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

And went and downloaded the English XScale version, right near the top. It's now ready to install next time I sync. Works fine from here... :)

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 11:40 PM

did you open it or save to a file and open later?

Howard2k · 09-18-03, 11:41 PM

I just opened it from there.

toddabrown · 09-18-03, 11:43 PM

then did it give you the normal installation walkthrough? nothing happened...really NOTHING...when i did that