Reinstalling Acrobat 7 in Windows 10

Question

I have built a new PC with an ASUS motherboard, an Intel core i5 processor and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM, running Windows 10 Home.  It replaces a much older PC running Windows XP SP3 which had Photoshop 7 and Acrobat Pro 7 running fine.  I have been able to reinstall PS 7 in the new PC and it runs fine, but I have a problem with Acrobat 7 because it is an upgrade from Acrobat 5.  Unfortunately I have lost the Acrobat 5 installation disc, so Acrobat 7 refuses to install.  I have copied the old folder and sub folders for Acrobat from my old PC to the new one, but the Acrobat 7 disc cannot find the evidence of Acrobat 5.  How can I tell the Acrobat 7 installer where to look for the Acrobat 5 folder and files?

Dov Isaacs · Accepted Answer

Actually it doesn't matter because Acrobat 7 is not compatible with any version of Windows beyond Windows XP. Even if you could get it to install and activate, it would not support printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance to produce PDF and it would not coordinate with any modern version of Microsoft Office.

You really need to license Acrobat DC at this point.

- Dov

kglad · Answer

doesn't really matter. you couldn't activate your acrobat 7 even if you could get it to find an acrobat 5 and install.

luckily for you, Error: "Activation Server Unavailable" | CS2, Acrobat 7, Audition 3

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