The newest Reader update as you probably know has a box checked by default to also install Google Chrome. Many of my users are just trying to update their Reader and miss the box, inadvertently installing software they do not want, and that we don't want on their computers. Google Chrome rewrites portions of the Windows registry pertaining to hyperlink handling, and effectively BREAKS Microsoft Outlook. Even after you un-install Chrome it leaves all of this BS behind that leaves any Outlook user unable to click hyperlinks in an email. So as a result of Adobe's little trick of sneaking in software during what is intended to be an update, coupled with Google's crappy product, I've been spending the last week un-installing Google Chrome, and making registry changes to 8-10 PC's a day. I've sent out an email telling people to make sure the box isn't checked but the damage has been done.
First of all let me tell you that it PISSES ME OFF when companies like you leave boxes checked by default for crap that you know most people do not want. YOU ARE TRICKING PEOPLE. NO I DON'T WANT TO BE CONTACTED BY ADOBE ABOUT ADOBE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, NO I DO NOT WANT YOU TO SHARE MY INFORMATION WITH A 3RD PARTY. NO-ONE WANTS THAT, BUT YOU LEAVE THE BOX CHECKED ANYWAYS PERPETUATING THE DISTRUST THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND DOING THINGS ONLINE, NOT TO MENTION GENERATING TONS OF RAMPANT JUNK MAIL AND OVERALL USELESS CRAP THAT IS STREWN ABOUT THE INTERNET.
It's wrong, you're wrong, and no-one is going to read, respond or do anything about this anyways so I'll end here. For anyone else who is running into this BS, here is how you fix the garbage that Chrome leaves behind:
1. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html
2. Right click the value for the .html key and select Modify…
3. Change the value from “ChromeHTML” to “htmlfile” (or from FireFoxHTML to htmlfile)
Repeat this process for each of the following keys:
■[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.htm]
■[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html]
■[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.shtml]
■[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xht]
■[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xhtml]
Pasted from <http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win7/1274297385>