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Chuck_S » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:47 pm
Okay, did some more research. Adobe Photo Downloader is a little 'gift' from Lightroom. To remove it from the system requires some registry changes and other stuff that I don't want to touch. However, to remove it from the startup tray, the following steps work (just tried it):
1. Go to Start>Run and type in msconfig and click OK.
2. Pick the Startup Tab.
3. Find the startup item called apdproxy.exe; uncheck it.
4. Click OK and choose Restart if you're ready to make it happen.
5. When the system restarts, a dialog box will come up saying something about you've made a system configuration change. Put a check mark in the box and click on OK.
6. When restart is complete, the obnoxious little icon should be gone.
Be careful, but it should take care of the problem.