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robsons1995
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April 20, 2020
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Acrobat Standard XI crashing shortly after launch

the issue started today, window 10 PCs, Adobe XI launches then closes within a few seconds. 

 

Anyone else experienced this today? Wondering if its a Microsoft or Adobe update. 

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Tom31669211cismCorrect answer
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August 23, 2023

I tried everything else before I found this. This is the only fix that worked for me. It's also the easiest fix. 

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brentwood37027
brentwood37027
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June 12, 2026

I was experiencing crashes about 10-15 seconds after opening.  It was due to the callout to adobe for updates.  I seemed to have stopped by using the 10-15 second to rush to edit->preferences->updater->ticked radio button for “do not download or install updates automatically” 

I also, under help → set “improvement program options” to no thanks.  

Think the first one was what fixed, but, may as well try both.

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DAVID260466832hj8
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September 9, 2022

I tried to repair Acrobat Pro XI, uninstall & re-install. I tried Update within the program, all of those 4-5 times.

I thought what do I have to lose. I installed the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on the same machine (don't forget to uncheck the McAfee stuff before you download) I kept Acrobat Pro XI as my default for .pdf.

I loaded a pdf file with the Acrobat Pro XI, modified it, rotated pages a few times and saved the file.

I did that several times. I left the file open and I ran some renads. 3 hours later the file had not closed.

Who would of thought that this would work!

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ls_rbls
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September 9, 2022

Would you mind clarifying which of the tips offered in this thread finally resolved the issue?

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DAVID260466832hj8
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September 9, 2022
I only loaded the free Acrobat Reader on the same Win 10 Pro machine as my
Acrobat Pro XI.
I made the Acrobat Pro XI my default program for .pdf files in Windows Apps
settings.
The crash problem went away. Nothing else worked.
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    CS-32
    CS-32
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    July 13, 2021

    I had the same issue just now with Acrobat X. It consistently crashed after 20 seconds or so, which led me to wonder if it was some kind of network callout. Sure enough, I turned off my internet, opened it, and it didn't crash.

     

    I checked with Wireshark. It appears Acrobat makes a callout to "acroipm.adobe.com" and immediately crashes afterward. After remapping this domain to 0.0.0.0 with my 'hosts' file, it works fine, even when online:

     

    # stop Adobe Acrobat from crashing
0.0.0.0   acroipm.adobe.com

     

    Note this is a fix for Acrobat X, but it may work for XI. Also, it's a little techy; so if you're uncomfortable editing your 'hosts' file, you may want to see if an alternative solution works instead.

     

    Help on editing the 'hosts' file

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      Kavehs7
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      December 13, 2021

      God send, thank you.

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      Incorrigible5EA9
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      January 27, 2021

      I am curious about this issue as well. I have a few clients that are having that issue. All are on Win 10 Pro 20H2.. Will test and run in compatibilty mode for Windows 7 to see if it stops crashing. Will keep you updated.

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      Incorrigible5EA9
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      January 27, 2021

      So after running Adobe Standard XI on the exact environment previously mentioned..

       

      Environment:

      Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2

       

      I ended up Changing the compatibility mode to run in Windows 7 and it seems to have fixed the issue. I opened, edited, and saved multiple PDFs without it crashing.

       

      Please Advise these changes and see if this has also helped for you all. Thanks!

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        RowdyGinger
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        July 4, 2021

        thanks I tried this. Set to XP, seems to work. 

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        ls_rbls
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        April 26, 2020

        Hey guys,

         

        Just checking if you were able to resolve this issue.

         

        A few days ago three other users found a solution.

         

        So please ignore my last replies in this thread and join the following discussion in the link below. It actually resolves the issue with an unconventional approach:

         

         https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/acrobat-xi-keeps-crashing/m-p/11072610#M252255 

         

        See if it helps.

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        MHaywoodTN
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        June 30, 2020

        I had not seen this update ls_rbls so thank you for this link.

        I am testing it now as this was still causing me some issues.

        Many Thanks!

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        ls_rbls
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        June 30, 2020

        You're welcome.

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        ls_rbls
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        April 20, 2020

        HERE  USE THIT TOOL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness

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        ls_rbls
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        April 20, 2020

        Optional : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50034

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        ls_rbls
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        April 20, 2020

        This question has been addressed and answered many times in the forums.

         

        See my reply to another  Acrobat XI user: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-reader/abode-pdf-reader-version-11-0-20-highlight-colour-issues/m-p/11061103?page=1#M65198

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        robsons1995Author
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        April 20, 2020

        I appreciate there is a lot online about this already, but my question is if anyone else has recieved this error today. I am trying to find out why this happened, it may be easier to 'undo' the cause than fix the issue.
        Not the best solution but if we are to move to the latest version this will need planned properly and tested with users and the various other third party addons we use with Adobe.

        We are on the latest version of XI albeit its an old version! A reinstall and painful reconfig of our addons resolves the issues.

         

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        MHaywoodTN
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        April 20, 2020

        I am also having this issue, all on Windows systems. It appears a Windows Update has caused this but I don't know which one.

        Reader 11.0 has been stable for years and now is crashing on all my users systems.

        Acrobat 11.0 is also crashing but not as often.  The only thing I could do it install Reader DC and Acrobat is at least stable to preform some functions but not many. 

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        robsons1995Author
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        April 20, 2020

        We have taken a look at windows updates but none have applied within the last week, we have had office updates.


        We found reinstalling XI fixed the issue but have several addons that then need reconfigured.

         

        Strange that the issue appeared today.

         

        Thanks for the reply.

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        MHaywoodTN
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        April 20, 2020

        Robson1995 - I just checked 10 systems, all of them had KB4552152 & KB4549951 Installed on the 15th-16th.

        This is leading me to think one of thses has caused the issue here.

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