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September 20, 2021
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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Preview fills RAM

  • September 20, 2021
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When I try to preview the pages on PDFs it constantly fills up my RAM, up to the point where i cannot load any pages.


On older Versions it does not happen.

OS: Windows 10.0.17763 Build 17763
Adobe Version: DC 2021.007.20091

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Correct answer Amal.

Hi All

 

The optional update for Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 21.07.2009x is now available addressing the issue.

 

Please update the application from the help menu and reboot the computer once and let us know if you experience any trouble.

 

For detailed information about the bug fixes and how to update, please see the help article https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/adobe-acrobat-and-reader-21-007-2009x-optional-up...

 

Regards

Amal

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JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 30, 2021

MOVED TO THE ACROBAT READER FORUM

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Amal.
Community Manager
Amal.Community ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
September 29, 2021

Hi All

 

The optional update for Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 21.07.2009x is now available addressing the issue.

 

Please update the application from the help menu and reboot the computer once and let us know if you experience any trouble.

 

For detailed information about the bug fixes and how to update, please see the help article https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/adobe-acrobat-and-reader-21-007-2009x-optional-up...

 

Regards

Amal

Participating Frequently
September 30, 2021

Thank you very much for the quick fix! Now everything works normally again.

Participating Frequently
September 22, 2021

I have exactly the same problem since a week or two. It's a task that I've performed hundreds of times over the last couple of years and now it suddenly doesn't work: I open a scanned pdf file (typically 100-200 pages, 40-70 MB), expand the thumbnail preview to verify that all pages are there, remove the PDF/A protection, save and close the file. I can do two files, when I open the third file I always get the "our of memory" message and the program freezes. Before, I could dozens of files in a row and never had the problem.

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 22, 2021

Hi there

 

We are sorry to hear that.

 

The issue is reported to our engineering team and they are working on it to find the fix. We will share the update once we will hear anything from them.

 

Thanks for your time and patience

 

Regards

Amal

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 20, 2021

Hi there

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described, when you try to preview the pages on PDFs it constantly fills up the RAM and you can not load more pages.

 

Please go to Edit (Win) , Adobe Acrobat (Mac) > Preferences > Page Display > Under Rendering, uncheck 'Use page cache' > Click OK and reboot the computer once and see if that works.

 

Regards

Amal

Participant
September 20, 2021

Hey Amal,

 

Thanks for the response. I did try that but unfortunately it does not solve the problem. There is no noticable difference

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 21, 2021

Hi there

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

 

- Would you mind sharing the steps you are doing to preview the PDF pages?
- Is this a behavior with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs? Please try with a different PDF file and check. If the file is stored on a shared network/drive, please download it to your computer first and try again.

 

Regards

Amal