Acrobat 7 combine pdf function

Using the full version of Adobe 7, when I selected multiple pdfs in windows explorer and right clicked, a "combine in adobe acrobat" function would appear in the context menu. I just tried out the trial version of Adobe 9 and have now uninstalled it, but this functionality has disappeared. Is there a way to restore this option in the right click context menu?

Your right click menu, technically called the "context menu" is editable in the registry.
Go to the start menu and type in the search bar "regedit". Open regedit. This is the registry editor. Be careful not to mess anything up here.
Navigate to :
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Right click on ContextMenuHandlers and select "New"........."Key"
Create a key with data string "{D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}"="Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu"
Leave the name of the key default and leave the type REG_SZ.
You can rename the folder to Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenuHandler if you like.
Close regedit and restart your computer. Your right click option is back.
If the regedit technique does not work there is a series of dll's missing in the folder: program files......../acrobat/acrobat elements. You need repair the installation or reinstall the program.

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