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I used the Reader for a long time on my laptop before - a few months ago - it began to "colonise" my system, producing the symbol by many of my other programs (including Internet Explorer and Word) and preventing me from opening these programs. I eventually uninstalled Reader so that I could use the other programs. I have tried many times to install/uninstall, but without solving the problem. I am using OS Windows 74bit. I also have Reader installed on my desktop, where it works OK. The only difference between the two computers is the security: on the desktop I am using McAffee, on the laptop ESET. I have tried installing Reader on the laptop with virus protection disabled but with no positive result.
Incidentally, I have another problem with Adobe Flash which will not install on my laptop, but perhaps I should raise this in the Flash Forum - I mention it in case it might be relevant to a solution.
I would be grateful for any suggestions.
Regards
Lionel

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html
P.S. Reader 11.0.1 is very old; you should update to 11.0.10

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