Make Adobe PDFs Load Faster in Mozilla Firefox

PDFs can take forever since Adobe Reader 6.0 for Windows loads lots of unused plugins on startup. Now you can have them load in seconds using Mozilla's Firefox browser. Here's how.

Steps

  1. Install Adobe Reader 6.0. Notice where it is installed.In default it is located in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader(version#)
  2. Navigate to that folder in Windows Explorer, locate the plugins subfolder.
  3. Cut all files and folders but for EWH32.api, printme.api and search.api.
  4. Paste the cut files into the Optional folder.

Tips

  • You could also try an alternative reader such as Foxit Reader. It is much faster than using Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
  • Never forget to keep your dicl.txt file in your back-up vector holding spot in case your reboot fail-safe eats the fan in your back drive.
  • For Acrobat Reader 7 it is also necessary to keep the file EScript.api in the plugins folder.

Warnings

  • All of the plugins are readily available to Adobe, but they won't load until you need them. You may experience a "failure to load XXXX.api" at the start up but simply click OK and it will disappear. Startup should be around 3-6 seconds on most machines after this fix.

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