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I kept getting this problem with my Adobe Acrobat reader. I tried to repair and even reinstall but it keeps coming up. Not sure if it has anything to do with recent Windows updates. I am using Windows 10 64bit.

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DSteelemanCorrect answer

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Thank you Amal, The AcrobatDCx64Upd2300820555.msp update seems to have fixed the issue.

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default12ij8q25bcp0

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I uninstalled Acrobat, used the Adobe Cleaner Tool and then installed the 32-bit Adobe Acrobat from: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/acrobat-dc-downloads.html

That seemed to get rid of the error. Maybe it's not ideal, but everyone is going crazy with the error, I had to implement something.

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Rayacom5CEB

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I am experiencing the same issue. I also work with lots. Pdfs and require the thumbnail preview. I am posting to keep an eye on this!

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Fred325198888kqs

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I am having the same problem. IT department uninstalled and reinstalled Acrobat and the problem resurfaced. As others have mentioned, the cause of the problem is activating "Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer." I cannot disable this feature because I work with a lot of PDF files, so previewing is important for efficiency. Keeping an eye on this thread for a fix. thank you.

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BriGuyOSC

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You can still preview PDFs in Windows Explorer without that check box checked. I just turned it off on my end yesterday and the error hasn't resurfaced. (I only turned that on hoping that it would fix the "up" arrow in the preview pane not working; it didn't.)

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Fred325198888kqs

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Unchecking it will not remove the thumbnails for existing documents but it will not generate thumbnails for new PDF documents (at least for me).

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BriGuyOSC

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I'm here after searching Google for this same issue. Just started happening recently after enabling the checkbox to "Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer," to see if that would fix the issue with the "up" arrow not working in the Windows preview pane. It did not.

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PierreMrsFr

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Same issue for me, since weeks on several computers... 😤
W11 x64
Hope any update will fix that.

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Meenakshi_Negi

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Hi All,

If the troubleshooting steps suggested do not help, it would be helpful if you could share the crash logs for further investigation. You may collect the crash logs using the steps suggested here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/collect-logs-crash-freeze.html.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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FuzzyJohn

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Hi Meenakshi,

Don't know if you saw my earlier post about the CrashDumps. Even though the error came up the CrashDumps folder and logs were not created. Not even when getting the error after a restart.

Was anybody else successful withe CrashDumps generation steps?

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SvenBH

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The problem i srelated to having Microsoft Edge open. If I close edge, the issue does not appear when I open PDFs until I open Edge again.

I guess the crash is with PDF and Edge

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matuko

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I don't have or use Edge.. it's happening with Chrome, too.

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SvenBH

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Got same problem since 7-10 days. I use PDFs >50 times per day

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kglad

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one of the first things to try with all adobe apps that have unexpected behavior is to reset the app's preferences. the easiest way to do that is:

uninstall the problematic app including preferences per https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html

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dasar

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did already a new install after cleanup with AdobeAcroCleaner_DC2021 - no luck, still the same issue

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Cstew2019

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I have also noticed if Windows Explorer is generating PDF thumbnails, and even if I open a PDF from Outlook for example, it will still crash, if Explorer is currently generating thumbnails... if Explorer isn generating, but open, then often will not get the error so I belive its related to the process that generates the thumbnails., if that is idle, error doesn't seem prevelant.

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