Startup details - Acrobat Assistant 8.0 (Acrotray.exe)

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Startup program entry details:

Acrobat Assistant 8.0 (Acrotray.exe)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.

Not required or not recommended - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

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Description:

Installed with the Adobe Acrobat PDF creation/editing utility. Used when PDF files are created from non Adobe applications through the "Watched Folders" feature of Acrobat Distiller (which is the main engine for turning PostScript files into PDF files)

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

Key(s): HKLM\Run
Name: Acrobat Assistant 8.0
Data: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

Startup Item (XP): Acrotray
Startup Item (Vista/7): AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.
Command: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

Name: AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.
Startup Value: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Programmi\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Programme\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Archivos de programa\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"

Other information:

File location: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat
File properties "Description": AcroTray
Purpose: PDF creation
Program disable option: None
Shortcut(s) available: None
Vendor/Publisher: Adode Systems Incorporated
Product(s): Adobe Acrobat 8, Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Acrobat X
Tested: Yes

Note:

%ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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