Unable to access preferences pane

I downloaded Reader 9.3 on my PC and cannot open the preference pane under the edit tab. Sound familliar?
I need to go to edit> preferences> Java Script and uncheck "Enable global object security policy" checkbox. Thing is, the preference pane will not pop-up. I tried deleting Java Script and downloaded the newest version. I deleted Adobe and downloaded the reader 9.3 again. I did the help> repair. I even tried the ReadOutLoud.api.bak trick and rebooted but that did not work either. Any other tricks to try?

I am sorry to hear that you aren't finding a solution to your issue.
Here's what I did when I came up with the same problem. Yes, this is an ebook that I received from my school.
I downloaded the ebook and then tried to "Open" instead of "Save". When I saved the attachment and then opened, I could open the file without the error. I received the error when I tried to Open it from the school website.
I researched the term "Trusted Manager Preference". Go to "Edit", "Preferences", "Trusted Manager", "Change Settings". Ensure that the checkbox with "Let Me Specify a list of ...". The box with "My Web Sites" has a Always Block next to the site. Type that website into the allow box, Click Allow. This will add it to the My Web site box. Delete the site that is always blocked.
This worked for me. Hopefully it will work for you.

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In OS X Tiger, a small pill button can be found in the upper right corner of the Preference Panel. If you click on it, either the Preference Panel will expand or contract based on its existing appearance. Sounds like the Panel was set to its contracted state. Recreating the Preference file is one way to remedy the problem, as the default is the expanded state. The other way would have been to click on the pill button, which would have preserved your existing preference selections.
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I am sorry to hear that you aren't finding a solution to your issue.
Here's what I did when I came up with the same problem. Yes, this is an ebook that I received from my school.
I downloaded the ebook and then tried to "Open" instead of "Save". When I saved the attachment and then opened, I could open the file without the error. I received the error when I tried to Open it from the school website.
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I'm trying to learn to use idvd 6. I want to do a slide show with music. When I go to the help menu, it tells me to go to preferences to set the 'TV safe area'. I click on IDVD, a drop down menu appears, but the first 7 choices starting with About IDVD are grayed out.
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Occasionally a file within the application gets its
permissions screwed up and locks you out. That can
affect menus as well as other functionality. First
run Disk Utility and repair disk permissions. If
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a> on the iDVD application file with the settings
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field.
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Twango?
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rivervu

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