uninstall clearvue and/or associate pdf to adobe

[Yggy]

Clearvue was preinstalled on my t-mob mda vario wm5. But since clearvue does not view all pdf well, installed adobe acrobat reader 2. But default is still clearvue and cant find how to uninstall preinstalled software or how to change default association.
Any help would be appreciated.

[ZeBoxx]

If you're not too scared of the registry...

You'll find in...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\Default = pdffile

So looking at...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pdffile\shell\

You'll find two sections...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pdffile\shell\open\command\Defau lt = WTCVPDFV.exe "%1"

and

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pdffile\shell\opendoc\command\De fault = WTCVPDFV.exe "%1"

Change both to point to the adobe reader .exe location. If you don't know its location, find out through explorer/total commander/whathaveyou.

I don't know if a soft reset afterwards is required - if it is, just shut your Wizard down entirely (hold the on/off button for a couple of seconds), then start it back up.
If you double-click a PDF now, it should open with the adobe reader.

by the way.. have you explored all of the adobe reader's options / checked while installing? Usually these types of applications will give you the option to associate them with PDF either on install or through an option.

[Yggy]

Thanks so far...

Registries does not scare me (yet) 8)
How can I edit the registry on wm5? Just have the mda for 3 weeks now and want several things altered (such as showing fileextensions), but having troubles finding answers. T-mob's helpdesk is no good for this ;)

Adobe did not present an option during install to be default.

Also any help on uninstalling clearvue to clear up space?

[ZeBoxx]

How can I edit the registry on wm5?
PHM Regedit - http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/phmregistryeditor.shtml
Tascal Registry Editor - http://www2r.biglobe.ne.jp/~tascal/download/pocketpc/index_e.htm
Total Commander - http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm

I'm using PHM Regedit myself. Total Commander is very fast at finding registry entries (and putting them together in a list), but not much good for editing. TRE is nice as well, but I couldn't get used to it :)

Adobe did not present an option during install to be default.
Silly Adobe... would've expected better from them. Actually, I would have expected they'd just associated PDFs with their app and not even ask! ;)


Also any help on uninstalling clearvue to clear up space?
'fraid not - it's in your ROM. Technically you could remove it from your ROM, but you're not going to gain any storage space by doing so. So just leave it and ignore it :)

[Koksie]

You can also use attached app to set extensions (such as .pdf) to be opened with a specific program ( in your case Adobe). Use it if you do not want to touch your registry.

[Yggy]

Thanks for the info. Just got back, havent tried it yet, but surely will.

Actually, I would have expected they'd just associated PDFs with their app and not even ask! ;)

That's better than the 'Real' way. Those guys ask if you want to associate your files with their program. If you say no, they do it anyway and when you try to alter it they redo it again. At least thats how they did it with Realplayer few years back. A real pain in the ....!

[laving]

Its interesting,
I checked from registry and ...\open\command\Default = "\Storage Card\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "%1"
Still when I open the .pdf document it uses ClearVUE...


found the solution.
you should change it in ...\opendoc\command\...
Checked, now it works.

[freeyayo50]

You can also use attached app to set extensions (such as .pdf) to be opened with a specific program ( in your case Adobe). Use it if you do not want to touch your registry.

This program doesnt run on my PPC. Anyone know how to associate .txt & .doc files with Word??
I dont know what happened, some how they got disassociated with Word.

[addicus]

This program doesnt run on my PPC. Anyone know how to associate .txt & .doc files with Word??
I dont know what happened, some how they got disassociated with Word.

Run it on your pc first then next time you sync - it will automatically be placed on your ppc. I recieved the same error.

I still don't know how to use the damn program and had to go to the website to ask them. Once I get the info on how to make a file (pdf) work with a program (pdf reader) I'll pass it on.

[gsiebengartner]

Clearvue would just hang when I tried opening PDFs with it, so I also installed Adobe Reader, which seems much better.

Is there any way to uninstall Clearvue PDF from my T-Mobile MDA? It doesn't appear in add/remove programs.

Thanks.