Adobe installs a software called Adobe Updater with many of its products. The updater will automatically connect to the Internet to check for updates for the installed Adobe products. Adobe Updater, that’s the name of the application, will be installed in another folder on the system.
Most users probably do not mind the regular automatic update checks but some might prefer to update the Adobe software products manually. This is important in business environments where patches are extensively tested before applied to client machines.
It is actually not a big problem to disable Adobe Updater if an Internet connection is available. All that needs to be done is to execute the Adobe_Updater.exe file that is located in the Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6 directory on the hard drive. The application will perform an update check and notify the user about updates. The updates won’t be installed however until the user clicks on the Download And Install Updates button.
A click on Preferences will load the configuration screen shown in the above screenshot. Unchecking the “Automatically check for Adobe updates” box will do the trick. Mac OSX users can basically do the same. The location of the Adobe Updater program on their system is /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/Adobe Updater5/.
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why not just use foxit, free and lighter on resource
To lily: Because he is talking about Adobe in general, and not Acrobat.
Great advice, thanks!
thank you so much, you saved me much aggravation, best advice out there!!!
I receive adobe updater pop ups, but I do not have a password. [My husband, who died last a
May may have had one, but I cannot find a record of one.] I assume I would want to update. I assume it is free.
Thanks,
Marilyn
I’m not dead. We’re just divorced. I want my puter back, too.
DAD!? You’re alive????
not my puter… i got all my games on der, and play starcreft
i can’t find the file mentioned here, i.e., adobe_updater.exe. Same is the cae with the path mentioned here. although i could find a similar path, C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5. but there was no such file. what to do?
i have adobe reader 8 installed in windows vista ultimate.
For us, Adobe Updater was under Documents and Settings/{Admin user}/Local Settings/Application Data/Adobe/Updater6/
We blocked adobe updater at the firewall after it blew out our data allowance by checking for updates every time a user opened reader/a pdf
Because the updater cannot find an internet connection it cannot be disabled
I simply rename the updater to adobe_updater.old
Adobe want fix it so we did ;o)
I have no Updater folder everywhere in C drive. Please Help. I want a solution different from the Adobe KB and that post.
Do you have this tool setup on your network somewhere – or just on client system only (you might not have it installed on your local drive – or maybe you removed it already?!)? If so, find the network location (client server where you set it up) and that Adobe_Update.exe file should be easy to be found (maybe a search step will help too?!).
See you later…