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April 11, 2016
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For the first time my Adobe Acrobat X Pro does not open "Fatal Error" "Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server" means? what I do?

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For the first time my Adobe Acrobat X Pro does not open "Fatal Error" "Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server" means? what I do?

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Participating Frequently
April 11, 2016

Hi edgarm89348224 ,

Please try these steps :-

Solution 1) (This error occurs when you have more than 1 process of Acrobat running)

1) Go to the task manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del

2) Go to the processes in Task Manager

3) End all processes related to Acrobat

4) Launch Acrobat again.

Solution 2) Open Acrobat navigate to Help menu & Repair the installation.

Solution 3) Check the file association on your system.

Solution 4) Navigating to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\acrobat\shell\open\ddeexec\application and changing the Key "AcroviewA10"  to  "AcroviewR10.

Let me know if it works.

Regards,

Yatharth

Aprilsgrace
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May 5, 2016

Hello... I had the same problem with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, which happened suddenly with no known reason.  I tried your steps and was successful at resolving the issue.  I only had to go to as far as Solution No. 2, which I am happy for, as I don't know how to check the file association on my system.

Thank you for your help!

Participating Frequently
May 6, 2016

Hi ,

You may check the file type association of your system from control panel, Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations. Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

Regards,

Yatharth