Annoying Acrobat reader icon in dock - how to block from appearing ?

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Annoying Acrobat reader icon in dock - how to block from appearing ?

Hi, I am sorry the solution must be very simple, but I googled it for a long time and could not find an answer.

Everytime I open a PDF document, the red Acrobat icon appears in the dock. I usually use Dockless to prevent some applications to appear in the dock once started, but Dockless does not have an option to block the Acrobat icon and it somehow annoys me !

Any suggestions,
kind regards
Nielsmac

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 1:30 PM

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Answer 1

Kurt Lang

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Aug 27, 2009 2:05 PM in response to Nielsmac

The only thing I can think of that might work is to add the Reader to your Startup Items in the Accounts section of the System Preferences. After adding the Reader as an item to load on startup, turn on the check box to hide the application. If this does work, you would need to keep the Reader running all the time. Otherwise, once you quit and relaunch it, the settings to hide it wouldn't apply, and it would show up in the Dock again.

Edit: Never mind, I just tried it. It no workee.

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Nielsmac Author

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Aug 27, 2009 2:34 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Hi Kurt, thanks for your reply,

I found the solution. Dockless does not automatically keep up with the software profile of my mac. The Acrobat reader updates frequently. I just did a fresh screen with Dockless and it showed me the Acrobat reader in the list. I ticked the Hide box and it has disappeared :-)))

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Answer 3

Kurt Lang

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Aug 27, 2009 2:44 PM in response to Nielsmac

Excellent. Dockless must tie itself to a specific file. Once the version changed, Dockless didn't recognize the Reader as an entry until it was refreshed. Gotta love those easy fixes. 🙂

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