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cassandram45324670
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March 15, 2018
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Problem opening files in Acrobat Reader

  • March 15, 2018
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I started having trouble opening Adobe PDF files and get a message saying that "Adobe Acrobat could not open XXXXXDocx because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't decoded correctly) - this is not the case as I have been working with these files forever, I need help!

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    Participant
    July 28, 2024

    Recently always facing problems with opening Adobe Acrobat files / loading not responding,  at Home desktop and office desktop as well. can any one assist to this matter

     

    Participant
    July 31, 2018

    Has anybody found a solution for this issue yet? I use a lot of adobe stock images for work and they never open and I get the same 'could not open..' dialogue box. I have to go into acrobat, then select open file then select 'all files' from the drop down and then they appear and I can open them.

    its incredibly frustrating as I go through a lot of images daily. its only started happening this year.i'm assuming there was an update or a change to adobe stock file types? it seems its not recognising them.

    Any ideas would be great.

    Bernd Alheit
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    Community Expert
    July 31, 2018

    Post a screenshot of the error message.

    cassandram45324670
    Participating Frequently
    March 15, 2018

    The Files are Adobe PDF files.

    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 15, 2018

    How do you know?

    cassandram45324670
    Participating Frequently
    March 15, 2018

    Because it is.

    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 15, 2018

    If you used to be able to do it then you used Adobe Acrobat (​not​ Acrobat Reader). As mentioned, Reader can only open PDF files.

    cassandram45324670
    Participating Frequently
    March 15, 2018

    the docs that I am trying to open are Adobe files, This is getting frustrating, considering getting rid of Adobe.

    cassandram45324670
    Participating Frequently
    March 15, 2018

    My Files are Adobe PDF files.

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 15, 2018

    Acrobat Reader can't open Word documents.