ContextMenu.dll
Adobe Acrobat Elements by Adobe Systems (Signed)
Overview
There are 10 versions of contextmenu.dll in the wild, the latest version being 9.5.2.295. It adds a context menu to the Window's shell named Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu. The average file size is about 673.47 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Adobe Systems by VeriSign. Numerous variations of contextmenu.dll have been installed with both Adobe PDF Creation Add-On X and Adobe Acrobat X Pro - English, Français, Deutsch.
What is contextmenu.dll?
Adobe Acrobat Context Menu Module for Adobe Acrobat is a context menu handler for Windows Explorer. It adds a menu item to the Explorer conetxt menu when right-clicking in the desktop of an various objects. This menu items allows files with a .pdf extension to be loaded by the Adobe Acrobat desktop program.
 Details
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| File name: | contextmenu.dll |
| Publisher: | Adobe Systems Inc. |
| Product name: | Adobe Acrobat Elements |
| Description: | Adobe Acrobat Context Menu |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\adobe\acrobat 8.0\acrobat elements\contextmenu.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Adobe Systems |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Adobe Acrobat Elements.)
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Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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“You can create PDF files in Adobe FrameMaker by saving a FrameMaker document as a PDF file or by printing to the Adobe PDF printer. Both methods use Acrobat Distiller, which is installed with FrameMak...”
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Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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Adobe Acrobat is a set of application software to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF). Acrobat and Reader are widely used as a method of presenting info...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of contextmenu.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Context menu handlers
Located in '*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers'
- Name: 'Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu'
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Adobe.Acrobat.ContextMenu' with CLSID {D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}
All file variations of contextmenu.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.24% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
24.71% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.29% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.76% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.06% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.53% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
2.35% |
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| Windows 8 |
2.35% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.35% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.35% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 43.53% of Adobe Acrobat Elements.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.40% |
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| Acer |
14.29% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
12.70% |
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| Lenovo |
12.70% |
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| MSI |
12.70% |
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| Toshiba |
12.70% |
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| Sony |
6.35% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.17% |
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