Why does Adobe Reader installer require access to My Documents?

I was trying to install Adobe Reader 9 on a system and was unable to complete because it was unable to find the My Pictures folder on a now non-existent network share. The user the installer was running as has their My Documents (Including My Pictures) redirected to a working share. I don't know where it was looking to find the path it couldn't find. Why the dependence on My Documents? I tried installing Adobe Reader 6 (they were running Adobe Acrobat 5 still) and it ran into the same problem trying to find My Documents.
I finally gave up and installed Foxit Reader which is working for them.

It is not recommended that Reader and Acrobat be installed on the same
computer. Lots of errors and other difficulties. Your errors may be one
of them.
Mike

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