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June 25, 2023
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Problems with Adobe Reader in VM with MacOS.

  • June 25, 2023
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Setting:
- Fresh installation of MacOS 13.4 in host and guest.
- Parallels Desktop 18.3.1
- Fresh Installation from Adobe Acrobat Reader (Downloaded from Adobe)


Problem: Adobe shows a error message after start then a big grey box and can neither used nor stopped.

 

Adobe starts and i can see the main window with last files. After some seconds an error message box occurs with the message: "Adobe has encountered a problem. Some features may not work as expected.". After pressing "OK" a big grey box occurs and nothing is clickable in the Adobe window. The menu entry "Quit Adobe Acrobat Reader" is not clickable.

 

I found in a forum ( https://forum.parallels.com/threads/macosx-high-sierra-guest-graphics-issues.344640/#post-865475 ) that adding --disable-gpu as parameter to the command in the terminal might help. Using this trick: The main window is useable. After clicking on the "Welcome"-PDF to edit it the again the message from above. A greyish window is above the viewed PDF (this time with window decoration). After closing that same message again. OK -> greyish window without window decoration (not close able). Again the menu entry "Quit Adobe Acrobat Reader" is not clickable.

 

Tried reinstallation -> same results.

 

Any ideas?

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AkanchhaS8194121
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June 30, 2023

Hi @Kristian30707219twyb 

 

Thanks for the detailed description. 

Not completely sure, but it could be because of the virtual environment. Since you have already tried the main steps, just give it a try by following these steps:

1- Acrobat Reader >preferences or keyboard shortcut (cmd+k / Ctrl+k)> general> uncheck "show online storage when saving files" and "show online storage when opening files"

 

2- Also, 

Acrobat Reader >preferences or keyboard shortcut (cmd+k / Ctrl+k)> general and 

disable "show me a message from Adobe" > OK

 

Thanks,

Akanchha