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Over the last few days, everytime I and a few other Adobe Acrobat users just open the app, it hangs and we need to wait for it to respond. Sometimes it works, but it is unpredictable. This was not an issue last week. I have updated to the newest version via updates yet it still happens. I paused virus scanning w/o any improvement.

I also tried to disable enhanded security and protected mode, but that does not seem to help either.

Do you have any suggestions, this is quite annoying.

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Hi all! In case my experience could help anyone:

I also got this "white square" with "spinning circle" which made Adobe Acrobat Reader DC hang/freeze. But, here we are talking about the application beeing published in an on-prem Citrix site, as a "seamless application", and also using the 32-bit Norwegian version, running on Windows Server 2019. In addition, it's packaged as an AppV-application, not locally installed. Nevertheless we have been running this setup for quite some time, and only this last week (from after April 1st) the issue has occured.

What seems to fix it in our case is adding the following registry setting via GP Preferences:

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockdown

Value: bWhatsNewExp

Data: 0x1 (DWORD)

From Adobe:

This feature was phased in incrementally over 2022. When enabled, the default user on first launch will see a What's New screen as well as a See new features notication. These UI items appear once. Possible values include:

0: Enable the What's New experience.
1: Disable.

So, after disabling it (= setting the value to 1) the problem disappeared!

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Normal35411105ktht

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Same. Since some massive update, it simply brings up a box with a circle & just sits there. Triggered by rolling over the close tools 'X' , which covers half the screen on startup, or accessing the help option in main menu.

I don't like acrobat DC; always been slow, 1 min per document to spool to printer, and something called 'acroCEF' causes huge software interrupts. , but windows prevents installing an older version.

Only good thing since that update: (if it doesn't freeze) can print 15 documents in 2 minutes.

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Amal.

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Hi there

What is the version of the Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 23.08.20470 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

Also try to repair the installation from the help menu (Win Only) and see if that works.

~Amal

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Jared35141547qmz3

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I am also experiencing this issue. I've tried the disabling protected mode and the other fixes, none of have worked. 99% of the plans I open cause Acrobat to freeze almost instantly making it unusable. I pay for Acrobat Pro. This has been going on for a month or two, but now it is just simply garbage. Need a fix to this immediately

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Ward47

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It sounds like the symptoms vary a little, but for the case of always freezing a few seconds after opening a PDF, one of the solutions offered here on Dec. 21 worked for me: Open Acrobat > Menu > Disable new Acrobat.

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Jared35141547qmz3

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I did try this and it has not resolved my issues unfortunately

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JenChapDE

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I am also having this issue and we pay for the pro version....ugh its so frustrating!

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terrexaccounting

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Me too. I can hardly work with it. It is sooo slow and keeps freezing.

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gnomedog

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I checked late yesterday and they have a un update patch available. I don't know why they didn't send out a notification, but ......

Note - I had to close everything down and do a manual download and installation because it wouldn't update with any of the Adobe services running, and trying to update from within the Adobe program keeps them running.

It is better than it was, but still lagging sometimes. Worth installing IMO.

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gnomedog

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Well, the update patch seemed to help for one day, now it's worse than before. Freezes and crashes every time I I open or try click on a page inside a doc, or close it. So frustrating. Why can't they fix this? Roll back to a working version if necessary. Had to diable Projected Mode at Startup to use it at all, and this requires extra steps to rename files when I extract. pages.

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Gretchen33034268oyt2

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We are having the same problems across multiple users on both Pro and Standard.

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Fbc

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Same problem here on both computers with Acrobat lastest version.
Uncheking "Enable Protected Mode at startup" seems to work for us.

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Scott26155732ejm9

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Seeing this same issue at several clients

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CorbyB838

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all clients at our office are experiencing this issue. Going to try to disable protected mode. Not thrilled to turn off security features, but I am getting a bunch of complaints.

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Dianne at Allegra

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Same problem. Started happening occasionally a month or so ago and has gotten steadily worse the last 2 weeks. Very Frustrating! Thanks for those who have posted solutions - ADOBE - how about a FIX???

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Amal.

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Hi there,

I appreciate you reaching out, and I understand that experiencing issues can be frustrating. I'm here to assist you in resolving this matter.

I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you're experiencing. I know technical issues can be inconvenient. However, your cooperation in collecting and sharing the crash/freeze logs will greatly help us in understanding the issue and finding a solution tailored to your situation.

To make this process as smooth as possible for you, please follow the instructions provided in the link (https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/collect-logs-crash-freeze.html) to collect the necessary logs. Once you've done that, feel free to upload the log file to any cloud storage of your choice (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.)

After uploading, please generate a shareable link and share it with us. This will enable our team to investigate the issue thoroughly and work towards a fix.

~Amal

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Rajendra21907769u181

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Hi Amal

I am not sure why you want others to do the job for you. Adobe should have self analysing tools being the biggest mega ssoftware provider. The whole internet is libve with this stupid problem. I am looking for alternate products as Adobe seems to care less for customers. It has been more than a month and you still want to collect data. Have you guys worked out a fix to the freezing problem and where can I find it?

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Bridget Machaela

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We are all experiencing this issue in my firm. We used Acrobat reguarly for converting, organising, editing and protecting documents and this is really impacting our work times. We have tried all the suggested solutions re protected mode and reinstallations but the problem persists. This needs a quick fix or we will need to look for another solution.

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Nicholas K

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We've already found another solution, if it's not resolved within 1 month we will be permanently sticking to the alternative

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woe-is-me

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do tell please

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Lisa345733857m3m

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Everyone at our company and my daughter's law firm is having this issue. Adobe, you have a real problem that may be related to recent updates on Windows 10 and later with which you are not now compatiable. It is a huge productivity issue. Please address the group regarding when you are going to resolve this issue. I would suggest you send an email out to all your subscribers, as the issue in my case and many others with whom I am speaking is that bad.

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Alex32659157oe38

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This is Adobe we're talking about; they'd rather take our money every month and release unoptimized garbage and tell us to "figure it out". I'll be SHOCKED if this is fixed, or they actually communicate with their customers.

Shame to see this company's downfall, but at this point I don't feel bad anymore.

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Brent27625313cta3

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Also happening to us, several users within the org are having this issue. The only thing that has worked has been disabling Protected Mode at startup. So here we are disabling a security feature to get Adobe Acrobat working correctly... Not a fan! We have rebuilt and completely reinstalled Windows on certain machine and the issue still rears its head. How is this an issue on completely fresh Windows OS & Adobe Acrobat installs?

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Amal.

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Hi there

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble.

Would you mind collecting the Crash/freeze logs https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/collect-logs-crash-freeze.html and share them via any cloud storage so we can investigate the issue for the fix. Just upload the log file to the cloud and generate the link and share that link with us for further investigation.

Regards

Amal

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Alex32659157oe38

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I would love to!

Except I can't. Acrobat will not load a log after having to force close the application from task manager.

Is this really the best answer Abode has?

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