Whenever Adobe reader tries to update it is said that the documents is not a valid file name and he ceases to make the update

Original title: update problems, installation, uninstall, even adobe reader...

Whenever trying to update my adobe reader it says that documents is not a valid file name and he continues to do the update and says update failed. I can not uninstall. What is happening and how to fix it?

Hi SMHaney,

1. What is the full error message you get?

You can read the following article and try the steps and check:

How to troubleshoot issues that may occur when you install, uninstall, or upgrade one program on a Windows computer

You can also check out the following link and check if it helps:

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_programs/error-1325-documents-is-not-a-valid-short-file/2d9db4a9-25F3-4563-BDDA-ef71e31f7573

Important: The above article contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, follow the steps from the link below:

Back up the registry

You can also try to create a new user account and check.

Create a user account

Hope this information is useful.

Tags: Windows

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