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   VanguardLH to sticks   
   Re: Adobe reader installation file   
   29 Jan 26 21:43:33   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   sticks  wrote:   
      
   > VanguardLH wrote:   
   >   
   >> sticks  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Not important I guess, but I found this interesting.   
   >>> I decided to install acrobat reader and downloaded the installation file   
   >>> from their website.  Did the install and once finished I went to the   
   >>> downloads directory to remove the install file and it was gone.  I guess   
   >>> the installation now removes the files there too.  I have not seen this   
   >>> behavior before.   
   >>   
   >> That was likely a web installer, not a standalone/offline installer.   
   >   
   > I know that, but I've still not seen anything else delete that file.   
   > Have you?   
      
   It has been a long time since I installed Adobe Reader, but I recall the   
   web installer file disappeared after the installation completed.  That's   
   why in my Download folder where I store downloads, I had both a URL   
   shortcut to the download page, and the web installer there, but would   
   copy the web installer file somewhere else when I did an install, or I   
   made a copy, and ran the copy, so the original would get left behind.   
      
   Maybe they figure after installation thereafter you'd rely on the   
   auto-updater in the program to get newer versions.   
      
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