Can you close an Adobe Acrobat Reader document in Windows 8?

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I finally found the "close" "button" (off the "more" "button"), after briefly trying to open a reader document--I was just trying to ascertain which version of reader is installed on this new Windows 8 laptop.

I just got all the "important" new Windows Updates for Sept.

After pressing "close", I just see a black screen with a "greyed-out" "back" "button" (that doesn't do anything). And, there's a burnt-orange "browse" rectangle, and 3 rectangles appearing under "Recent".

{Boy. it really seems like Windows 8 is trying to make a fool of me...I was just doing some more searching / fishing with my mouse at the bottom of the screen to see if I could find a "hidden" "thingy" to hit, and the unknown-black-background-desktop-with-the -greyedout-back-button-andstuff-window-thingy {which will now be known as the ReaderHellBox}} just disappeared, leaving me with the real desktop (when my mouse started, it was nowhere near the top of the screen, and I diidn't hit the right mouse button at all [M2]).

I just (now) tried to search for an adobe doc through the search charm (no such luck [with "*.pdf"]--had to open windows explorer [File Explorer])...found 1 in the roaming cache (or wherever), opened it: I can't recreate the closing of the ReaderHellBox.

Can anybody out there tell me how to eliminate this stupid UI component?!!.

I would like to just: (a) close an adobe acrobat reader document, and see my desktop; and, (b) see which version of adobe "reader" is "installed".
 
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Adobe software (especially the Flash Player) are some of the most insecure products out there, generally beat in that department by Oracle's Java. they DEFINITELY need patching. So much so, that it would be safer to remove them entirely from your system until you run into a program that requires their use. I've removed them from my system and I'm getting along just fine.
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I'm really confused by your description, so I will say that you can find the version of the Adobe Reader by going to Help > About Adobe Reader X - or XI if you are running at least version 11. On the other hand, it also sounds like you are calling the Windows Reader metro app, Adobe Reader (which is a completely different program which Adobe had absolutely nothing to do with). If this is actually the Windows Reader you are using, I am not sure how to determine the version number. There are two possibilities here:

1. The version number is not published or visible to the user because it is a Windows Store app.
2. The version number is published, but takes some digging to determine, which I have not done because version numbers for Windows Store apps (not applications) are completely irrelevant.

To put it in context, when was the last time you (or anyone you know) inquired as to the version number of an app or game installed on their iPad?

As for the Charms bar (at least I think you're referring to the Charms bar), you can't remove it. It appears when you hover your cursor over the top or bottom right corners of the screen. It can be somewhat suppressed, as described by this article at HowToGeek:

http://www.howtogeek.com/127645/how-to-disable-the-charms-bar-and-switcher-hot-corners-in-windows-8/

Keep in mind that this will not disable the bar altogether. The bar will still appear if you move your mouse to the corners as before, and then move the mouse down towards the middle of the screen.
 
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This is Windows 8 (I'm learning, off this post).
When I look in the Control Panel / Programs & Features,
there is no Adobe Reader (or Flash Player) listed
It's not showing up in the list of Apps, either [when I look at the list of Apps showing (on a Metro 'Search')] {and I can view both Flash Player and Reader content on this Gateway NV56R Notebook} !

A way to uninstall Reader? ==I wonder.
 
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Pre-Windows 8, I look at Flash Player version for when a (new) security hole patch comes out, to determine if the
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity?page=1
current patch is in need of applying.

I guess the only way to close the ReaderHellBox out is with the hand-cursor dragging from top-of-screen to bottom.
--Constantly Searching for Windows 8 shortcuts
 
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Ok so I was right, this is the Windows Reader, not the Adobe Reader. The way you close all Apps in Windows 8 is to move the cursor to the top of the screen, click and hold, and drag down to the bottom. Applications on the other hand always close with the red X in the top right corner as they always did under previous iterations of Windows.

Flash is built into Windows 8. You cannot install or uninstall Flash for Internet Explorer (you still can for other browsers that don't rely on the IE flash components to run) because it is built into the OS.

If you want to uninstall the Windows Reader app and use something else, do a search from the Start Screen for "Reader", and when the result appears, right click on Reader and select Uninstall. If ever you find you want to (or need to) reinstall Reader, you should be able to search the Windows Store and find it pretty easily.
 
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Perhaps I should have posted this under "security".

I have been searching, and have been unable to find--so, I'm thinking Microsoft and Adobe have not made an official announcement (yet?)--
■ Adobe Acrobat Reader, and Flash Player will both (because of differences between the Windows 8 operating system and previous editions) NOT require security patching (updates).

That is my hypothesis; and, I'm sticking to it.

 
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Adobe software (especially the Flash Player) are some of the most insecure products out there, generally beat in that department by Oracle's Java. they DEFINITELY need patching. So much so, that it would be safer to remove them entirely from your system until you run into a program that requires their use. I've removed them from my system and I'm getting along just fine.
 
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I have a solution that is a bit cumbersome, but what isn't cumbersome with Win8. Assuming you have upgraded to Win8.1 and you have an Adobe Reader installed on your machine: Right click on the Start button lower left, choose Search> type in Default. Choose Default app settings>scroll down and choose Default apps by file type. Find .pdf and whichever file types you are opening with Adobe and click to the right to choose default program. Alt+f4 to close this stupid screen and open a file.
 
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