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That is strange why removing foreign languages would make a program unusable.
<begin rant>The main reason is because Adobe doesn't like to use just the languages (nor fonts, for that matter) that
you deem necessary and have installed. Just because
you never expect to ever see/display any 'strange' languages doesn't mean you might not, sometime, in a galaxy far, far away, get a document that has one. Adobe, in their wisdom greater than any other software company, disdains the user for wanting a cleaner, more usable drive/System. They even go to the 'effort' of installing fonts that you may already have, just because they can. They want an absolute path to the fonts they install and, seemingly, only check what you might have as an after thought. After all, you can't trust a mere user to know what is needed for 'real' software.
Besides, it's just easier to stuff every thing you want in places you know about than to bother telling a user that something might be needed. Whose hard drive is that, anyway?! The 'customer' only has a drive because Adobe needs one, right?
If I sound rather down on Adobe, it is only because I am. They have shown the 'hand that really got them started' nothing much more than the south end of a north bound mule, in my humble opinion. I have removed every bit of their software that I can determine it safe to do, including Acrobat Reader. I still have scraps of CS4 that PS Elements installs and whatever use might be gained from their hand-me-down Bridge image management system.
I'm sure their products are found useful by many professionals, 'power-users' and those with unlimited cash, but they have been nothing more than a pain in the neck for me. On the other hand, they now have me tied to PS Elements since there is absolutely nothing else on the market even closely comparable. But, like Quicken, I am continually looking for a better solution...<end of rant>
