Adobe Acrobat: Fix for "Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: setdistillerparams; ErrorInfo: CalCMYKProfile U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2"

%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: setdistillerparams; ErrorInfo: CalCMYKProfile U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
Error accessing color profile: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%

For a while now, my PDF creation has been broken and I never really bothered to read the error message. When I finally did, I thought what a strange error to come across.

Somehow, the colour profile "U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2" has gone missing.

Good thing Adobe has these up on the internet for us to download.

• Go to the "ICC profiles for Windows" page to grab "Adobe ICC profiles".
• Click "Proceed to download"
• Click "Download Now" (So many steps to download a bloody file)
• Now extract "AdobeICCProfilesWin_end-user.zip"
• Go to "Adobe ICC Profiles (end-user)\CMYK Profiles"
• Right click "USWebCoatedSWOP.icc" and click "Install Profile".
• That should now fix your problems.

Well, okay just one of them.

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• Error "...OffendingCommand: setdistillerparams..." | Create PDF | Acrobat, Acrobat 3D
• Adobe - ICC profiles : For Windows

Acrobat: Remove Acrobat plugin from Firefox

Alright Adobe, I'm sick of your shit. I don't want to put up with the laggy scrolling and occasional crashes which come with viewing PDFs in a browser window.

I don't mind reading PDFs outside of a browser, but can you quit fucking around with my browser preferences? When I disable your plugin, I expect it to stay disabled. I don't want it to be re-enabled the next fucking time I load up Acrobat/Firefox!

Why is it enabled? I've already clicked disable +20 fucking times!

So, clicking on "More" provided me with information on which DLL file it was using to provide me this "service"; nppdf32.dll

Searching my computer gave me:

• C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins
• C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Browser

Delete "nppdf32.dll" (and it's DEU/FRA bits) from both places. Hell, you can even just delete off the "Browser" folder in "Acrobat". There's no playing nice with you. I tried being nice and but you won't listen.

 
An alternative Twig's Tech Tip on how to deal with Adobe.

Firefox did the world a great favour by displaying PDF's natively, and even though it's not perfect I'm still grateful.

Adobe Audition: Won't start with error 6e69575c

Bloody hell, this was one issue that annoyed me to no end. Every time I tried to load Adobe Audition 3 it'd crash.

I tried:

• Patching/updating
• Reinstalling
• Uninstall and deactivate
• Uninstall and delete files/registry

It took a while to figure out, but the installation of Bulletstorm bundled in some Games for Windows Live and Windows Live ID stuff.

After uninstalling the game, I found that Audition was still crashing. Only after uninstalling GFWL and Windows Live ID did it work again.

Since Audition is far more useful to me than the other 2, I've decided to keep them off my computer.

I'm a little short on ideas on how to fix it though.

Acrobat 9: Delete space wasting cached setup files

I was using a disk space explorer and found that Adobe Acrobat was hogging up a whopping 1.22gb on just the frickken installation to auto-repair itself "in case something broke".

The files were located at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-1033-F400-7760-000000000004}", but it may be differ if you changed the installation path.

Sorry, but I cant be stuffed repartitioning my C: just because I'm running low. Wasteful applications like this have got to fuck off.

 
Give Adobe a swift kick to the nads to remind them how much they suck.

If you're paranoid about deleting it straight off, just move it off onto another drive "in case something breaks" and auto-repair fails.

The main file using up all that space is "Data1.cab". Acrobat seems to be working fine without it, and my computer can now enjoy a bit more breathing room.

There are more uncommon space saving tips here.

Adobe CS4 Disable Updates

I hate automatic updates, especially ones that aren't easy to disable.

Heres how to disable it from the CS4 iteration of their software offerings.

1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\
2. Set "AdobeOnlineDefault" to "0" (zero).
   If it doesnt exist, create it as a new String Value.
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXSPreferences\
4. Set "UpdatesAllowed" to "0" (zero).
   If it doesnt exist, create it as a new String Value.
   

These should work for both XP/Vista and presumably Windows 7.

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*edit - 29/01/2009*
Just to make things a little easier, I've translated the instructions above into a command you can run from the start menu.

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe" /f /v AdobeOnlineDefault /d "0"
and
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXSPreferences" /f /v UpdatesAllowed /d "0"

*edit - 24/03/2009*
Sadly, the instructions from Adobe just don't work.
After being annoyed even futher, I've discovered yet another way to disable the updates.

Go to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6" and run "Adobe_Updater.exe".
Now before you think I've gone completely insane and given in, just let the initial scan finish.

It'll present you with a notification dialog and you can select "Preferences".
Untick everything!
Hopefully, this will work.

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Anonymous (who deleted his/her own comment) gave this helpful tip.
An option for system admins to disable the updater altogether is to create a registry key which blocks it from running, even if the user tries to update manually by running "Adobe_Updater.exe".

1. Using Regedit.exe, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe
2. Create a new key in this folder named "Updater"
3. Create a new DWORD value within this key named "Enterprise" with a value of "1"

Disable Automatic Updates in Adobe Acrobat 8

Method A:
The fact that you're here reading this probably means that you've already tried unticking "Automatically Check for updates" when cancelling the automatic update.

If that is case, you ignore these instructions from Adobe on how to disable Automatic Updates as they just don't seem to work.

Method B:
The first comment (by Overlord) in this post proves to be much more useful than anything else on it.

His instructions? Simply delete the folder "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5". Simple as that, no more annoying updates. I like to be on the safe side and rename rather than delete, and this method seems to have worked quite well so far.

Method C - 1:
This method may seem a bit barbaric for some, so something a bit more "official" could be up your alley. These instructions from Adobe provide a download link to disableupdates.zip, containing a registry file to simply double click and import. I have not tried this method, so let me know if it works!

Method C - 2:
If for some reason that link no longer works, the contents of the registry file is pasted below.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bUpdater"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\7.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bUpdater"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bUpdater"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bUpdater"=dword:00000000

Simply paste it into notepad, save as a "kill automatic updates.reg" and then double click the file. This will kill the automatic update for both Acrobat 7, Acrobat Reader 7, Acrobat 8 and Acrobat Reader 8.

Method C - 3:
The instructions above have been simplified so it'll run in the start menu. Go to the Start menu and click Run, paste the following and click OK.

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\FeatureLockdown" /v bUpdater /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f

The downside of this is that it will only work for the Adobe Acrobat Reader 8... unless you're a crafty little bugger and can figure out the registry above and what to do with it ;)

Adobe Acrobat - Remove 'Combine Supported Files in Acrobat' context menu option

I like to keep my Windows installation as clean as possible, and that means going through the trouble of removing menu items I never use as they only slow down the system.
To get rid of Adobe Acrobat's context menu options, simply run the following command.

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll"

For Acrobat 9, simply change the number.

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll"

Another thing to take note of, x64 users have to change the command yet again.

regsvr32 /u "%programfiles(x86)%\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll"
regsvr32 /u "%programfiles(x86)%\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu64.dll"

This doesnt actually work for me, I presume mainly due to the fact that its a 32bit program trying to unload a 64bit DLL. So if all else fails... resort to registry deletion.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu

That will get rid of the menu items shown below. 

 
Theres another one for folders.

Run this from a command console with admin access.

reg delete /f HKCR\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu

On Acrobat 11+, you'll need to also use this (untested by me, posted in comments):

regsvr32 /u "%programfiles(x86)%\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenuShim64.dll"

 Or, if you prefer to do it manually, search the registry for "{D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}" and delete it.

*edit - 19/01/2009*
Updated to include Acrobat 9 instructions.
*edit - 21/08/09*

• Added x64 users command.
• Added registry removal.

*edit - 9/7/2010*
So I finally found another menu item from Acrobat. This time it was for the folder.

*edit - 18/12/2013*
Added an extra command for removing it from folders on Acrobat 11. Thanks Anonymous!

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