Just got admonished for commenting on other people's problems with instances of my own which are like those upon which I was commenting. I was told to start my own thread because commenting on my own problems in replies was "confusing."
All I was trying to say, in a nutshell, is that problems with ADE 2.01 are endemic. It's virtually unusable for any length of time and I can't understand why the people who wrote the code in the first place can't fix it. What's worse, it's being used as the exclusive piece of software for downloading and using e-books by our online libraries. There is Overdrive Media Console, but, as far as I can tell, this is only workable as an app for tablets and smartphones and the like--not desktops, though it looks like it can be used for Audio books, if you can figure out how it works.
Version 1.72 seemed to work okay for me but, as I recall, the reason I upgraded to 2.01 in the first place was because it was starting to give me problems as well. The problems started, I think, with downloades that didn't act like they were supposed to, ie: ADE wouldn't launch automatically to accept the file "fullfillment". I have a suspicion that this problem could be an incompatibility between the online library's software and ADE. They're not quite in agreement. For example, sometimes the download would go right, sometimes not. What's that about?
I can get the file into ADE manually after the faulty download, but the book is then not returnable early and, as far as I can tell, the DRM file protection on the ebook is screwed up; the ebook will open okay even after the loan period expires. What's that about?
Unfortunately, assistance, either from Adobe or the online libraries, is virtually unavailable. These "Adobe Community Discussions" are fine for blowing off steam, but as far as fixing problems, they don't help much. Silmilarly, the online library people won't even talk to users directly, but instead refer you to your local library, where anybody you talk to knows less than you do. And we know what that's about.
Nothin's free!