Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

(First off I have posted these questions on new available Adobe
newsgroups first with no response, so far.

I am running Windows 10 with all updates and when I upgraded to Adobe
Acrobat DC I started having all kinds of problems with Acrobat. First
and foremost whenever I reboot my computer Adobe Acrobat opens
automatically. There are several error messages that when I delete
them all the reader seems to work.

How can I stop it from starting when I boot the computer and
secondly how do I stop the error messages? All error messages below;

thank you, Albert



"Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open'TP-LINK Wireless Configuration
Utility.lnk.disabled" because it is either not a supported file type
or because the file
has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded)."

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open' Install LastPass IE RunOnce.lnk
disabled'
because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has
been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded).

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open
'PaperCutViews.lnk.disabled'because it is
either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example,
it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

Albert wrote:
(First off I have posted these questions on new available Adobe
newsgroups first with no response, so far.

I am running Windows 10 with all updates and when I upgraded to Adobe
Acrobat DC I started having all kinds of problems with Acrobat. First
and foremost whenever I reboot my computer Adobe Acrobat opens
automatically. There are several error messages that when I delete
them all the reader seems to work.

How can I stop it from starting when I boot the computer and
secondly how do I stop the error messages? All error messages below;

thank you, Albert



"Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open'TP-LINK Wireless Configuration
Utility.lnk.disabled" because it is either not a supported file type
or because the file
has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded)."

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open' Install LastPass IE RunOnce.lnk
disabled'
because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has
been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded).

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open
'PaperCutViews.lnk.disabled'because it is
either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example,
it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).


1. Solve both problems together by uninstalling Adobe.
or
2. a. Remove it from loading at boot with this program:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns
b. Disable your AV; get latest Acrobat; install.

Ed

On 06/19/2018 8:51 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
Albert wrote:
(First off I have posted these questions on new available Adobe
newsgroups first with no response, so far.

I am running Windows 10 with all updates and when I upgraded to Adobe
Acrobat DC I started having all kinds of problems with Acrobat. First
and foremost whenever I reboot my computer Adobe Acrobat opens
automatically. There are several error messages that when I delete
them all the reader seems to work.

How can I stop it from starting when I boot the computer and
secondly how do I stop the error messages? All error messages below;

thank you, Albert



"Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open'TP-LINK Wireless Configuration
Utility.lnk.disabled" because it is either not a supported file type
or because the file
has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded)."

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open' Install LastPass IE RunOnce.lnk
disabled'
because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has
been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded).

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open
'PaperCutViews.lnk.disabled'because it is
either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example,
it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).


1. Solve both problems together by uninstalling Adobe.
Â*or
2. a. Remove it from loading at boot with this program:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns
Â*Â* b. Disable your AV; get latest Acrobat; install.

Ed


Get rid of Adobe reader and install a decent Reader. Sumatra, foxit and
many others come to mind.

Rene

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:55:00 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Get rid of Adobe reader and install a decent Reader. Sumatra, foxit and
many others come to mind.

The one feature of the Adobe Acrobat payware that I used to love is its
ability to convert an entire web site (any number of levels desired) to a
clickable PDF.

I don't think Sumatra or Foxit can do that - but if they did, I'd also
ditch the Adobe Acrobat payware.

To the OP - you can look to see if Adobe added a task in the Windows Task
Scheduler. Also CCleaner seems to find "some" startup items. I'd look in
both places for what Adobe is doing.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 06/19/2018 8:51 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
Albert wrote:
(First off I have posted these questions on new available Adobe
newsgroups first with no response, so far.

I am running Windows 10 with all updates and when I upgraded to Adobe
Acrobat DC I started having all kinds of problems with Acrobat. First
and foremost whenever I reboot my computer Adobe Acrobat opens
automatically. There are several error messages that when I delete
them all the reader seems to work.

How can I stop it from starting when I boot the computer and
secondly how do I stop the error messages? All error messages below;

thank you, Albert



"Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open'TP-LINK Wireless Configuration
Utility.lnk.disabled" because it is either not a supported file type
or because the file
has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded)."

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open' Install LastPass IE RunOnce.lnk
disabled'
because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has
been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded).

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open
'PaperCutViews.lnk.disabled'because it is
either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example,
it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).


1. Solve both problems together by uninstalling Adobe.
Â*Â*or
2. a. Remove it from loading at boot with this program:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...loads/autoruns
Â*Â*Â* b. Disable your AV; get latest Acrobat; install.

Ed


Get rid of Adobe reader and install a decent Reader. Sumatra, foxit and
many others come to mind.

Rene


Quite agree. But Albert has a secondary problem; Acrobat seems to be
locked out of his router. It's either just Acrobat, or the network is down.

He'll have to solve that too.
1. Look in Device Manager. Any yellow !!s? If so see to the drivers of
the relevant device.
2. If none, then look under Network Adaptors.

If there are still problems, tell us about your router-modem including
wireless.

Ed

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:47:47 -0600, Albert
wrote:

(First off I have posted these questions on new available Adobe
newsgroups first with no response, so far.

I am running Windows 10 with all updates and when I upgraded to Adobe
Acrobat DC I started having all kinds of problems with Acrobat. First
and foremost whenever I reboot my computer Adobe Acrobat opens
automatically. There are several error messages that when I delete
them all the reader seems to work.

How can I stop it from starting when I boot the computer and
secondly how do I stop the error messages? All error messages below;

thank you, Albert



"Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server"

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open'TP-LINK Wireless Configuration
Utility.lnk.disabled" because it is either not a supported file type
or because the file
has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded)."

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open' Install LastPass IE RunOnce.lnk
disabled'
because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has
been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly
decoded).

"Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open
'PaperCutViews.lnk.disabled'because it is
either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example,
it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

I guess this won't help you in any way but SumatraPDF loads the
format, is free and open-source and incredibly fast. Don't waste your
time with Adobe bloat.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:21:57 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

I guess this won't help you in any way but SumatraPDF loads the
format, is free and open-source and incredibly fast. Don't waste your
time with Adobe bloat.

No doubt Acrobat is bloat - but - many people tend to forget (or not care
about the fact that) the Adobe Acrobat writer does one thing I don't know
offhand that any freeware PDF printer app does.

The Adobe Acrobat writer saves an entire web site to a clickable PDF.

If that functionality exists in freeeware - please let us all know.

Arlen Holder wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:21:57 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

I guess this won't help you in any way but SumatraPDF loads the
format, is free and open-source and incredibly fast. Don't waste your
time with Adobe bloat.

No doubt Acrobat is bloat - but - many people tend to forget (or not care
about the fact that) the Adobe Acrobat writer does one thing I don't know
offhand that any freeware PDF printer app does.

The Adobe Acrobat writer saves an entire web site to a clickable PDF.

If that functionality exists in freeeware - please let us all know.

https://wkhtmltopdf.org/

Apparently it was used by Microsoft to archive
some of their older content. You won't find too many
PDF documents with this high a page count.

https://download.microsoft.com/downl...er_2006_R2.pdf

Paul

"Arlen Holder" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:21:57 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

I guess this won't help you in any way but SumatraPDF loads the
format, is free and open-source and incredibly fast. Don't waste your
time with Adobe bloat.

No doubt Acrobat is bloat - but - many people tend to forget (or not care
about the fact that) the Adobe Acrobat writer does one thing I don't know
offhand that any freeware PDF printer app does.

The Adobe Acrobat writer saves an entire web site to a clickable PDF.

If that functionality exists in freeeware - please let us all know.

AFAIK all the freeware PDF Printers have that capability.

PDF Creator certainly does
(Philip Chinery) - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
- http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator

--
Regards
wasbit

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:37:49 -0400, Paul wrote:

https://wkhtmltopdf.org/

Hi Paul,

That's nice!
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_clickable_pdf.jpg

As you realized, the key isn't a PDF, but a "clickable PDF", which is a
completely different beast altogether than just a plain non-clickable PDF.

Looking at that URL you kindly provided:
https://wkhtmltopdf.org/
"wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are open source (LGPLv3) command line tools
to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the Qt WebKit
rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a
display or display service."

1) Download a pre-compiled binary & save to your normal PDF archive
https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html
Specifically:
https://downloads.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12/0.12.5/wkhtmltox-0.12.5-1.msvc2015-win64.exe
Which I saved to the normal PDF archive location (where it belongs):
C:\software\editor\pspdf\wkhtmltox\.

2) Install that pre-compiled binary by doubleclicking on the executable:
It wants to go in C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf
I put it in C:\app\editor\pspdf\wkhtmltox\ where it belongs.

3) This created the two executables:
C:\app\editor\pspdf\wkhtmltox\bin\wkhtmltoimage.ex e
C:\app\editor\pspdf\wkhtmltox\bin\wkhtmltopdf.exe

4) Test it out in its most rudimentary form:
wkhtmltopdf http://google.com google.pdf

Ooooh. Nice. The links are clickable!

5) Look up the option to create a multi-level 'clickable pdf':
https://wkhtmltopdf.org/usage/wkhtmltopdf.txt

Mainly, you want two basic options:
a) You want to set the number of levels, generally 1, 2, 3, etc.
b) You want to be able to limit to the original domain only.

I'm not sure yet, but this option may set the number of levels:
--outline-depth level === Set the depth of the outline (default 4)

And this keeps the resulting PDF off the rest of the Internet:
--disable-external-links === Do not make links to remote web pages
--enable-external-links === Make links to remote web pages (default)

And where "clickable links" are on by default:
--disable-internal-links === Do not make local links
--enable-internal-links === Make local links (default)

And there is some control of "relative links":
--keep-relative-links === Keep relative external links as such

And where you know it's robust in design when it has this option:
--password password === HTTP Authentication password
(which always was problematic with the Adobe Acrobat writer)

So, Paul, this command-line web-site-to-PDF-with-clickable-links tool
certainly seems like a keeper! I will test it out further. Thanks!
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_clickable_pdf.jpg

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:20:12 +0100, wasbit wrote:

AFAIK all the freeware PDF Printers have that capability.

Are you _sure_ about that statement?

Last I was an expert in creating PDFs of web sites with clickable links
(years ago), nobody could create a clickable PDF except Adobe Acrobat
(otherwise I wouldn't have bought it, but that was way back in the version
6 and version 7 days). I hated version 7 because it was a bitch to install
compared to version 6, so I gave up on paying for Adobe Acrobat the moment
they made the installation miserable.

PDF Creator certainly does
(Philip Chinery) - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
- http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator

Thanks for that suggestion.
Here are my ad-hoc observations that I wrote into the manual installation
log that I keep alongside every single thing that I install, for future
reference so that each time I install an app, I get better at the task.

1) Looking at the suggested software, there's nothing on the home page
that indicates the results will contain clickable links, so we're
just gonna have to try it out.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Which eventually leads you to:
https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/download
Where you can choose "PDFCreator FREE"
http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-stable
Which is actually located he
http://teal.download.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/3.2.1/PDFCreator-3_2_1-Setup.exe
2) I put that file in the following location (i.e., where it belongs):
C:\software\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator\
NOTE: It's a sizeable file at 32MB but there's more (much more)
that the software downloads without you knowing it (see later).
3) You have to click "Expert Settings" just to choose the install dir.
It wants to go in C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
I put it where it belongs, in C:\app\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator
4) There's a checkbox for:
[x]application files
PDF Architect
[x]Firefox integration
[x]Internet explorer integration
Which is problematic for me since I almost never use those browsers.
(I also have no idea yet what "PDF Architect" even means.)
5) There is an option for the current user or all users, which is fine.
6) There's also an option for:
[x]Create an entry in the Windows Explorer context menu
7) I took all the defaults, even though I have no idea what they do.
8) The installation downloaded additional files (who knows what).
9) There are some hints during installation that "PDF Architect" is a PDF
editor based on the advertising that flashes before your eyes.
10) The installer certainly takes its sweet time ... probably its
downloading a **** ton of something... who knows what?
11) Jesus. That took a long time ... OMG. ... Advertising ****!
No. I don't want the "SEMI-ANNUAL SALE 60% OFF! HURRY UP!!!!!".
Go away advertisements. Go away!
12) Holy ****. There's more! Now it wants me to install Avast!
Luckily there is a "Skip" button.
13) Finally, it phones home, and I am done with the installation:
https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/welcome
14) Oh ****! Another stinking all-caps ad pops up on my screen!
THE SEMI-ANNUAL SALE! 60% OFF! HURRY! THIS OFFER EXPIRES SOON!
(Didn't I just moments ago tell that thing to go away?)
15) All you can hit is the "Remind me later" button. ****.
HINT: You do NOT want PDF Architect - that's for sure!
16) Hmmmmmmmmmm... now what?
17) I click on the "PDF Creator" desktop link whose target is:
C:\app\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator\PDFCreator.exe
18) Up pops a window with a "Choose a file to convert" button.
But I don't want to convert a file. I want to convert a web page.
19) So I bring up my default browser, Opera and go to Google.
20) I hit the Control+P to print and up comes a menu:
[Save as PDF] === this was always there
[PDF Architect 6] === this is new
[PDFCreator] === this is new
21) Not being sure of the difference, I try "PDF Creator" first.
22) Jesus Christ. Up pops a PDF Architect "Creat account" form for
heaven's sake. I didn't even select "PDF Architect". Go away.
23) OMG. More ****. It wants me to make "PDF Architect" the default.
No. For heaven's sake. No!
24) I see that something has CHANGED my PDF default default to
PDF Architect 6. Jesus Christ. This thing just takes over!
25) And, after all that crapware, the links are NOT CLICKABLE
(at least not in PDF Architect they're not)
26) I change my PDF default back to Sumatra where I confirm the
links are NOT CLICKABLE.

So that was a bust.
But it was a good lesson.

a) First lesson: Do NOT install "PDF Architect" under any circumstances.
(I still don't even know what it is.)
b) If this tool does create a PDF with clickable links, it certainly does
not do so by default (like Paul's link did).
c) That means it either doesn't do it - or - there's a setting for that
somewhere.

Are you sure this tool creates web pages with clickable links?

Arlen Holder wrote:


Are you sure this tool creates web pages with clickable links?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator

"Since 2009, PDFCreator has included closed source adware,
toolbars and other controversial software that is installed
by default.[4]
"

PDFCreator-3_2_1-Setup.exe 33,616,144 bytes

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/20...1554/detection

Bkav W32.HfsAdware.290A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/LuluSoftware.A potentially unwanted
Fortinet Riskware/LuluSoftware

Hmmm.

Looks like I'd need rubber gloves and hip waders.

Maybe run it in a throw-away WINE setup ?
(A small backed-up VM.)

Paul

"Arlen Holder" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:20:12 +0100, wasbit wrote:

AFAIK all the freeware PDF Printers have that capability.

Are you _sure_ about that statement?

Last I was an expert in creating PDFs of web sites with clickable links
(years ago), nobody could create a clickable PDF except Adobe Acrobat
(otherwise I wouldn't have bought it, but that was way back in the version
6 and version 7 days). I hated version 7 because it was a bitch to install
compared to version 6, so I gave up on paying for Adobe Acrobat the moment
they made the installation miserable.

PDF Creator certainly does
(Philip Chinery) - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
- http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator

Thanks for that suggestion.
Here are my ad-hoc observations that I wrote into the manual installation
log that I keep alongside every single thing that I install, for future
reference so that each time I install an app, I get better at the task.

1) Looking at the suggested software, there's nothing on the home page
that indicates the results will contain clickable links, so we're
just gonna have to try it out.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Which eventually leads you to:
https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/download
Where you can choose "PDFCreator FREE"
http://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-stable
Which is actually located he

http://teal.download.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/3.2.1/PDFCreator-3_2_1-Setup.exe
2) I put that file in the following location (i.e., where it belongs):
C:\software\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator\
NOTE: It's a sizeable file at 32MB but there's more (much more)
that the software downloads without you knowing it (see later).
3) You have to click "Expert Settings" just to choose the install dir.
It wants to go in C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
I put it where it belongs, in C:\app\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator
4) There's a checkbox for:
[x]application files
PDF Architect
[x]Firefox integration
[x]Internet explorer integration
Which is problematic for me since I almost never use those browsers.
(I also have no idea yet what "PDF Architect" even means.)
5) There is an option for the current user or all users, which is fine.
6) There's also an option for:
[x]Create an entry in the Windows Explorer context menu
7) I took all the defaults, even though I have no idea what they do.
8) The installation downloaded additional files (who knows what).
9) There are some hints during installation that "PDF Architect" is a PDF
editor based on the advertising that flashes before your eyes.
10) The installer certainly takes its sweet time ... probably its
downloading a **** ton of something... who knows what?
11) Jesus. That took a long time ... OMG. ... Advertising ****!
No. I don't want the "SEMI-ANNUAL SALE 60% OFF! HURRY UP!!!!!".
Go away advertisements. Go away!
12) Holy ****. There's more! Now it wants me to install Avast!
Luckily there is a "Skip" button.
13) Finally, it phones home, and I am done with the installation:
https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/welcome
14) Oh ****! Another stinking all-caps ad pops up on my screen!
THE SEMI-ANNUAL SALE! 60% OFF! HURRY! THIS OFFER EXPIRES SOON!
(Didn't I just moments ago tell that thing to go away?)
15) All you can hit is the "Remind me later" button. ****.
HINT: You do NOT want PDF Architect - that's for sure!
16) Hmmmmmmmmmm... now what?
17) I click on the "PDF Creator" desktop link whose target is:
C:\app\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator\PDFCreator.exe
18) Up pops a window with a "Choose a file to convert" button.
But I don't want to convert a file. I want to convert a web page.
19) So I bring up my default browser, Opera and go to Google.
20) I hit the Control+P to print and up comes a menu:
[Save as PDF] === this was always there
[PDF Architect 6] === this is new
[PDFCreator] === this is new
21) Not being sure of the difference, I try "PDF Creator" first.
22) Jesus Christ. Up pops a PDF Architect "Creat account" form for
heaven's sake. I didn't even select "PDF Architect". Go away.
23) OMG. More ****. It wants me to make "PDF Architect" the default.
No. For heaven's sake. No!
24) I see that something has CHANGED my PDF default default to
PDF Architect 6. Jesus Christ. This thing just takes over!
25) And, after all that crapware, the links are NOT CLICKABLE
(at least not in PDF Architect they're not)
26) I change my PDF default back to Sumatra where I confirm the
links are NOT CLICKABLE.

So that was a bust.
But it was a good lesson.

a) First lesson: Do NOT install "PDF Architect" under any circumstances.
(I still don't even know what it is.)
b) If this tool does create a PDF with clickable links, it certainly does
not do so by default (like Paul's link did).
c) That means it either doesn't do it - or - there's a setting for that
somewhere.

Are you sure this tool creates web pages with clickable links?


And I thought I was pedantic.

PDF Creator is the only PDF programme on this Windows 8.1 PC & has been for
a number of years.

I tried it on a PDF to make sure that a clickable link worked before I
posted. Of course you get a browser popup (Pale Moon in my case) asking
permission. I've just double checked that it works with a PDF copy of the
Gimp magazine.

I had forgotten about the dreaded PDF Architect because having been through
that hell, some years ago, I immediately uninstalled it.

As an experienced user I would expect you to read & react to every part of
the installation progress whereas if I am showing a novice I will pre-make a
folder (in my case on a separate drive) & talk them through the reasons for
each action taken during the install.

PDF Creator will also save as an image file JPEG/PNG/TIFF along with another
couple of options, although I have never had the need to do so.

There are other free 'PDF Printers' that I would expect to be similar to PDF
Creator. Probably the 4 most popular out of a list of 35 that I know of

Bullzip - http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit -
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_...e_register.php
Tiny PDF - http://www.tinypdf.com/products.html

--
Regards
wasbit

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:42:31 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Arlen Holder wrote:


Are you sure this tool creates web pages with clickable links?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator

"Since 2009, PDFCreator has included closed source adware,
toolbars and other controversial software that is installed
by default.[4]
"

PDFCreator-3_2_1-Setup.exe 33,616,144 bytes

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/20...1554/detection

Bkav W32.HfsAdware.290A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/LuluSoftware.A potentially unwanted
Fortinet Riskware/LuluSoftware

Hmmm.

Looks like I'd need rubber gloves and hip waders.

Maybe run it in a throw-away WINE setup ?
(A small backed-up VM.)

It's stuff like that which perpetually renews my interest in Linux.
I've had the same thing happen with CDBurnerXP if I remember
correctly. In exchange for the free price of the product, the
developers decided that it was fair to install adware. Meanwhile,
open-source developers feel no such need.

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:45:44 +0100, wasbit wrote:

And I thought I was pedantic.

You use pedantic incorrectly.
You mean verbose, detailed, precise, and explicit.
But not pedantic.

(jk)

PDF Creator is the only PDF programme on this Windows 8.1 PC & has been for
a number of years.

I appreciate the suggestion.

I have nothing against the program and I appreciate your suggestion.
Every suggestion carries risk so I do NOT want to chastise you for a
purposefully helpful suggestion. I *appreciate* the suggestion.

The entire tribal group would *benefit* if we could find a graphical user
interface for PDF that is free that creates a PDF from a web page whose
links mirror that of the HTML file (i.e., it has clickable links).

I know Adobe Acrobat has done that since at least version 6.
I don't know of *any* other program on Windows that does it for free other
than the one Paul suggested (which worked in my first test).

PDF Creator failed in my first test to create a PDF mirror of a web page.
PDF Create simply created a PDF of the web site.
That's not the same thing.

I tried it on a PDF to make sure that a clickable link worked before I
posted. Of course you get a browser popup (Pale Moon in my case) asking
permission. I've just double checked that it works with a PDF copy of the
Gimp magazine.

Hmmmmmmmmm... I tried on the Google web page with PDF Creator and none of
the links worked in the resulting PDF. Maybe there's a different setting?

I had forgotten about the dreaded PDF Architect because having been through
that hell, some years ago, I immediately uninstalled it.

No problem. I think I went through this years ago, but forgot.
Even so, it's not a problem to deal with.
The real problem is to get the desired functionality.

Any PDF printer device will create a PDF of a web site.
That's not the same thing as a clickable mirror.

As an experienced user I would expect you to read & react to every part of
the installation progress whereas if I am showing a novice I will pre-make a
folder (in my case on a separate drive) & talk them through the reasons for
each action taken during the install.

Don't worry about my "log file". It's my first impression. I have
absolutely zero problems uninstalling a program, or re-installing it using
different options. I simply had to live-and-learn about the PDF Creator
adware.

The adware doesn't concern me one bit.

What concerns me is the ability to mirror an entire web site in PDF format.
That's what I mean by creating a 'clickable PDF'.

PDF Creator will also save as an image file JPEG/PNG/TIFF along with another
couple of options, although I have never had the need to do so.

An image will never be a clickable image so that's just out of the
question.

(I'm not sure you understand what a clickable PDF is. Since I'm "pedantic",
maybe Paul can explain it better for the rest of the folks to benefit.)

I'm not chastising you.

If you're purposefully helpful - I have no beef with ANY suggestion you
make. I'll simply test it out and report my results accurately.

There are other free 'PDF Printers' that I would expect to be similar to PDF
Creator. Probably the 4 most popular out of a list of 35 that I know of
Bullzip - http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit -
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_...e_register.php
Tiny PDF - http://www.tinypdf.com/products.html

This isn't my first rodeo with PDF tools... as you can see from this shot:
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_pspdf_apps_1.jpg

Bearing in mind that my software DVD only contains the bare minimum of
software, so I had forgotten that I already had the last known good version
of PDF Creator, notice in that screenshot there are two HDDs there, both of
which were corrupted and on a different machine than the one I'm currently
rebuilding the software for.
- One got corrupted by Microsoft when it finally updated after years of
me having turned off Windows 10 updates...
- The other I corrupted myself after trying to turn off Cortana
completely.
- Notice that we discussed PDF Creator in detail in the past, based on
my log file as screenshotted below.
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_pspdf_apps_2.jpg

Here are some of the PDF tools in those archives:
This PC Corrupted-by-ms software editor pspdf
- GhostScript/GhostView == used to strip off permissions from PDFs
- HP PDF == used to print to PDF sans your username in the PDF
- PDF image extraction wizard == last known good version
- PDF Creator == version 1.7.1 is the last version sans ads
- PDF SAM == split and merge
- PDF Toolkit == used to add & remove pages
- PDF Exchange Viewer == last good version used for image extraction
- XPDF == I forget why I tested this (the log file doesn't say)
- MU PDF == I forget why I tested this (the log file doesn't say)
- Sumatra == used for basic fast viewing of PDFs
- Fineprint == used to create complicated book-format PDFs
- Posterazor == used for tiled special-purpose PDFs
- Posterizia == used for tiled special-purpose PDFs
- Rasterbator == used for tiled special-purpose PDFscute

According to my detailed log on PDF Creator, last updated on 11/30/2017,
Keith Nuttle suggested version 1.7.1 as the last good version sans adware
which I had downloaded, at that time, from:
http://jcdiaz.net/jcd-downloads/PDFCreator%201.7.1.htm

According to that log file, Mayayana said he's using version 2.5.24 which
has only small ads - which makes what Keith Nuttle said more correct.

The reason I had explored PDF Creator at that time was to print to PDF sans
my username in the resultant PDF file metadata.

To print to PDF sans metadata, I ended up printing the PDF with Libre
Office Writer which doesn't put the username in the PDF although printing
to PostScript and sanitizing the text file with a text editor also worked,
and then converting the PostScript to PDF before mailing out the resulting
file.