Acrobat reader install fails on vista - says close windows explorer

I'm trying to install the latest reader on a Windows Vista laptop but the installation fails with an error message "you must close windows explorer".  In task manager there are no running applications but I can see explorer.exe in the list of processes.  I think this is running the desktop/taskbar so I don't want to close it.  Any ideas how to get round this?
TIA

This might work.
1) Open Adobe Reader
2) Go to Edit then Preferences
3) Under Categories on the left side click on Internet
4) Uncheck Display PDF in browser and click Ok.

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