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I have four Adobe programmes taking up space on my computer.
I know they read PDF files but do I need them all?
Adobe Flash Player 14 ActiveX = 6MB
Adobe Flash Player 14 Plugin = 6MB
Adobe Reader 9.5.5.MUI = a massive 658MB
Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 = 30.7MB
Can I get rid of any of them?
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Carol's gone out.
I suppose as they've been on my computer this long they can wait a bit longer.
*taps foot and drums fingers on desk*
Flash Player and Plug in, my security systems tells me they need to be up to date- they are involved in the page display and how some stuff works-videos, animation etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Shockwave
The Flash and Shockwave programs are important for running media content on web pages. I wouldn't delete any of them; you'll only end up with websites asking you to reinstall them, and not showing video content, or you won't be able to use other interactive pages, etc.
By the way, Adobe are a big software company who do a lot more than develop the PDF Reader software. Author Mark Z Danielewski used their inDesign publishing software to write House of Leaves. They also do Photoshop, etc. Check out the Adobe website for more
In fact you can (or could) download an older version of their suite for free via the Adobe website, including Photoshop and inDesign. Still useful despite being outdated versions
I shall leave all those in place.
I hope it's not fibbing!