How can I get rid of PDF Architect desktop ads?

Question

I have the PDF Architect 3 installed on my computer (Windows 7). This super-annoying pop-up ad appears in the right corner of the desktop each time I start my computer:

Can I disable it somehow? There is a thread on this topic on pdfforge forum, but the issue doesn't seem to be solved.

Solution

There are two possibilities, depending on whether you have the free or paid version of PDF Architect 3.

If you are using the free version, I don't see any reason not to upgrade to the free version of PDF Architect 5.

If you are using the paid version, you shouldn't be getting this ad. A similar problem was expressed in the thread How to disable desktop ads in PDF Architect 3. In response #13, a person named Robin.W said :

if we can can't quickly find a solution to this, we will give you a free update to PDF Architect 5. So far all tests indicate it only happens when there are multiple versions installed.

The notifications get displayed by a service called "PDF Architect Manager", please run services.msc and disable any PDF Architect Manager services. Since PDF Architect gets installed together with PDFCreator by default, did you check there is really no other version of it on the system, even if you didn't actively install one? Did your license key get exchanged by our support at any point of time?

So your options in this case are two :

1. Disable the service named PDF Architect Manager.
2. If that does not work, contact the company and ask for a free upgrade to version 5, or at least a fixed version 3.