The Following Quesetion was asked in March, '07. I have the same problem and the answer below does not solve. I can not open Livecycle unless I start a new form design, then close it, and open my form I am in the process of designing.
thanks for the help.
Q: I just upgraded to 8.0 and now whenever I try to open LiveCycle Designed it opens Adobe Professional instead. The only work around that I have found is in Profession to click on "Create a new form". Any ideas on how I can get LiveCycle to open without having to go through Professional?
A:Hi Amandah17,
On a Windows system Adobe Designer can be opened from Start ->All Programs without having Acrobat Pro open.
Hope that helps,
Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
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My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer Pro 8.1 / Windows
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From your desktop, Right click, select New, Shortcut, click browse, go to the programs file folder on the C:/ drive, find Adobe and click it, find Adobe 8.0 and click, click Designer 8. find the file titled Form Designer and click.
Now you'll have a direct link to Designer from your desktop.
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when I click on the short cut, "FormDesigner"...it still starts to open Livecycle, then automatically closes it and opens Adobe Acrobat Pro instead.
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Try running the "Repair Acrobat Installation" option from the Help menu.
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That did not work either...
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