Safari 4 Auto Update is causing havoc...
I tried to to a software update from the apple pulldown icon, and my computer started downloading Safari 4.1. At the end of the download it said it couldn't install, and was putting the download file in the trashcan. Great.
So, I tried again... same result.
So I rebooted the computer. Now when I select software update in the apple icon, the updater starts, but immediately shuts down and now, my current Safari and Outlook and Adobe Acrobat Reader won't open (Firefox and MS Office products will).
So I rebooted the computer again. Still no luck... what is up with Safari 4?
I bought a Mac so I wouldn't have to deal with these kinds of crappy Windows software issues, and now their here!
Please help!
OK, I fixed it by deleteing all the update cache stuff in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Adobe\AAMUpdater and now it says
everything is up to date.
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