Cannot remove adobe reader x10.1.7?

I am trying to find the reason why my computer requires re-booting every A.M. When I do a security scan everything appears O.K. except for one item which is quarantined. After searching the add and remove in my control panel I suspect the two items adobe reader and an update which cannot be removed. X10.1.7. Am I on the right track?

My experience has taught me that there is NOTHING that can be put on a hard drive that CANNOT be removed.
Malwarebytes makes a little app caled "FileAssassin" that runs independent of your antivirus and will remove ANYTHING you select, permissions or not, read only or not, whatever it is, if you hit it with FileAssassin, it's GONE.
Before you go that route, however....
Download and run the Adobe Cleaner to remove ALL instances of Reader
If that fails:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/fileassassin/

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You need to use the Adobe Cleaner to remove Reader.

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What is your operating system & version?
Define "cannot" - what happens when you try?
Try downloading the offline installer from http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/
P.S. this is a user-to-user support forum; you can use paid support if you want telephone support: http://helpx.adobe.com/reader.html

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Hello. I use Windows XP Home Edition. I am trying to uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0.8 so I can then install version 9, but I am not able to uninstall 7.0.8. During the uninstallation process, I get the following error message:
*****Error 1402. Could not open key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{C523F39 F-9C83-11D3-9094-00104BD0D535}\Programmable.
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What should I do now? Do I need to do something about the "permissions" for this key?
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While transfering adobe reader to my other HDD, I accidentally dropped the folder on my desktop. I thought nothing of this and after all this was done I attempted to delete it from my desktop and now it continues to tell me that I do not have permission. I am the only user and have administrator of course and I have checked the properties which tell me that everything has full control. I have tried to delete it while in safe mode, I removed adobe reader completely from my computer and I still cannot. The files that won't allow me to delete it are the "Identity-H" and "Identity-V" files in the CMap folder. I've been able to delete the folder from anywhere except my desktop.

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tvandersluijs - I'm sorry if that screwed up your machine however:
1. What version of Adobe Reader are you using because as you can see the registry entry is for Adobe Reader 9, if ur using Adobe Reader 8 then u need to specify ur version as PAllens entry suggested - "E.g. "C:\Program files\Adobe\Acrobat [version]\Reader\AcroRd32.exe""
2. I've used this solution significantly because I have come across this specific issue for multiple users.
3. All the registry entry does is tell Windows what program to use by default to open/view PDF documents.
My intention wasn't to screw up ur machine or anybody elses as I said I've used this solution many times however what I've should gave is the disclaimer to backup ur registry before u make mods so u can revert back in case. Also the ony other thing I can think of is that this solution was for Windows XP using registry editior 5, I'm noticing that the title of this thread is Windows 7.

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from Windows Start | Search: type regedit and hit Enter; you will see a window like this
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