Acrobat reader recently won't open on laptop, using Windows 10

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Hello, My laptop w has always opened Acrobat reader easily till recently, Suddenly PDFs refuse to open, been using windows 10 for some time.

Andrew271159063hga · Accepted Answer

Here's a page the has various things to try - 6 Fixes to Try When Adobe Acrobat Reader Can't Open PDF Files on Windows.
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-adobe-acrobat-reader-not-opening-pdf/

Thank you It is fixed at last.
I uninstalled Acrobat reader again for the 4th or 5th time, ran a couple of
maintenance scans with CCleaner and Bitdefender's optimiser.
Then rebooted my laptop. repeated the maintenance scans which fixed
outdated registry issues etc.
Then downloaded Acrobat Reader for Firefox and registered with the program.
Somehow something corrected the problem.
Much thanks for your assistance.

Andrew271159063hga · Answer

Hello Dean, THanks for replying. Yes I've uninstalled and redownloaded Acrobat several times. I even bought the Iobit's reputedly powerful uninstaller and tried hthat a couple of times. Basically when i click on the Acrobat icon or try to open a pdf file nothing at all happens. I've used Acrobat for years, something recently has changed so it is unresponsive. I can view pdf, pages in a browser but that is not as useful.at all.

Thanks

Andrew

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