Description:
The following messages would appear in the bottom right-hand corner of Foxit PDF Editor when saving edited large PDF file:
- Discarding invalid objects
- Deleting unreferenced data
When the above-mentioned messages appear, it means that Foxit PDF Editor is attempting to optimize the document during saving.If the optimization process takes quite a while and really affects your work efficiency, you could choose to disable the optimize feature when saving through the registry.
Solution:
- To disable optimize feature when saving in Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) application for the current login user in your device through the registry (applicable for any version of Foxit PDF Editor (Pro))
- To disable optimize feature when saving in Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) application for the all users in your device through the registry (applicable for Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) V13 and above, Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) 2023.2 and above)--Not yet released
To disable optimize feature when saving in Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) application for the current login user in your device through the registry (applicable for any version of Foxit PDF Editor (Pro)), please do the following:
1: Make sure your Foxit PDF Editor application is closed.
2: Launch Registry Editor.
3: For the perpetual licensing model package, please navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor X.0
Please change the X to a specific number based on the Foxit PDF Editor main version number. For example, please access the following if you are using Foxit PDF Editor V11.2:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 11.0
For the subscription licensing model package,please navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\Continuous
4:For the perpetual licensing model package, please right-click on the “Foxit PDF Editor X.0”.
For the subscription licensing model package,please right-click on the "Continuous" folder.
Choose “New>Key” to create a new “PDF Optimize” key.
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5: Right-click on “PDF Optimize” and choose “New>Key” to create a new “Disable saving optimizer” key.
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6: If you have already done the above-mentioned 1 to 5 steps, please skip to step 7 below. Without doing the 1 to 5 steps, you can also anatomically create the above-mentioned registry keys in a quicker way by just downloading and double-clicking on the attached registry file. After you have executed the .reg file, its value will be imported into your system registry editor.
For perpetual licensing model package:
The attached "disablesavingoptimizer(for perpetual).reg " registry file is for the perpetual licensing model package V11 only. For perpetual licensing model versions greater than V11, please open the registry file with Notepad, and refer to the following screenshot to change the version number there manually, save the change into .reg file. Finally, please double-click on the .reg file to import its value into the registry editor.
For the subscription licensing model package:
The attached "disablesavingoptimize(for subscription).reg " registry file is for the subscription licensing mode. For users who purchased subscription licenses,please double-click on the .reg file to import its value into the registry editor.
7:Start your Foxit PDF Editor application to edit a large PDF file and save edited PDF file, you will find that the large document will be saved more quickly without getting optimization progress bars.
To disable optimize feature when saving in Foxit PDF Editor (Pro) application for all users in your device through the registry (applicable for any version of Foxit PDF Editor (Pro)), please do the following:
1: Make sure your Foxit PDF Editor application is closed.
2: Launch Registry Editor.
3: Please navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor
4:Right-click on the “Foxit PDF Editor” folder,choose “New>Key” to create a new “PDF Optimize” key,then right-click on “PDF Optimize” folder and choose “New>Key” to create a new “Disable saving optimizer” key.
5:If you have already done the above-mentioned 1 to 4 steps, please skip to step 6 below. Without doing the 1 to 4 steps, you can also anatomically create the above-mentioned registry keys in a quicker way by just downloading and double-clicking on the attached registry file "disablesavingoptimizer(forallusers).reg". After you have executed the .reg file, its value will be imported into your system registry editor.
6:Start your Foxit PDF Editor application to edit a large PDF file and save edited PDF file, you will find that the large document will be saved more quickly without getting optimization progress bars.
