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Many of the first folders in my preferences file are similar letters to <;±†£Xøˇ“è¿ƒdøˇ”`D@Bè¿ƒ‹ñB¸$. Should I erase these....are they a problem?

No. That's normal. Some programs have strange temporary file names which will delete when the program is quit or on the next restart. Others always keep these. It is a strange design to be sure, but of no harm to the computer.

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Tamara,
Did you reinstall using the full three step way (otherwise strange things may linger)?
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http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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np_334572system
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Dick,
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Thank you very much, but this dows not solve the problem I have. I am able to open the Preferences folder, so I do see .plist files, but not all of them! Only files beginning with letters from A to C are displayed, then the list simply ends. The files however do exist. When searching via Finder/Spotlight for a specific file, it is listed in the results and the path displayed shows Users/.../Library/Preferences.

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I have issues with image fields in Livecycle Designer, no matter if I use the one that comes with Acrobat Pro 8.0 or 9.0. Image fields have at least one bug: The anchor position in the layout is ignored, the image is *always* anchored top middle. In version 8.0, the picture was always scaled to fill the rectangle, causing a skewed aspect ratio, no matter what scaling option was selected.
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In the preferences folder, ;±†£Xøˇ"è¿ƒdøˇ"`D@Bè¿ƒ‹ñB¸$

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