Adobe Acrobat Not Responding/Freezing

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Good afternoon,

There seems to be an issue after the latest update (25.001.20577) with Adobe Acrobat not responding. Sometimes Acrobat will freeze and we'll need to use task manager to close it out. Most of the time there's a long delay and Acrobat displays "Not responding" but will eventually load.

We've attempted to resolve this by running a repair. When this didn't work, we tried using Adobe Cleaner tools to remove Adobe and reinstalled from Creative Cloud.

I've seen posts from past years with a similar issue. I've tried everything suggested in those posts including turning off online storage options, disabling protected view, and disabling new acrobat.

Please advise. This is greatly affecting many of our user's workflows.

issaacr · Accepted Answer

I ended up opening a ticket with Adobe Support. The below steps seems to have resolved the issue for one PC so far.

Greetings from Adobe.

Hope this email finds you well. We are thankful that you chose Adobe Acrobat.

We appreciate your cooperation. This Email is regarding the open case that we have, and we want to make sure your issue has been taken care of to our best and as per your satisfaction.

Below are the steps to remove Adobe from your computer.
>>Open the Control Panel and navigate to Programs and Features.
>>Select Acrobat Installation and click uninstall (repeat this step if there is more than one installation). Note: Continue to uninstall even if the app prompts a security alert.
>>Navigate to to Windows folder (C:/ drive)
>>Open Program Files and delete Adobe Folders. Open the 'Common Files' folder. Repeat the same step for the Program Files (x86) Folder.
>>While staying in the Windows drive, click on 'View' (top left corner) and check mark 'Hidden Files'.
>>Open the 'Program Data' Folder and delete the Adobe folders.
>>Go back to the main Windows Drive and open the 'Users' folder.
>>Open the folder that matches your profile.
>>Delete Adobe folders from within all three folders. (Local, LocalLow, Roaming)
>>Open 'Registry Editor' (search 'regedit' in Windows search at the bottom) (Note: If you do not see a folder named Adobe in the mentioned folders, you may skip them.)
>>Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER (click on the arrow beside the folder).
>>Further, expand Software and delete Adobe files.
>>Collapse HKEY_CURRENT_USER and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>>Further, expand Software and delete Adobe files.
>>Open your browser, click on the 3 dots in the top right corner, click on settings/extensions (depending upon your browser), from settings open extensions and delete/remove any Adobe plugins.
>>Restart your PC.

Locations from manual cleanup should be done

C:\Program Files\Adobe
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
- C:\Program Files (x86) \Adobe
- C:\Program Files (x86) \ Common Files\ Adobe
- C:\Program Data\Adobe
- C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Adobe
- C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Adobe

*NOTE: Please make sure that you have removed all the Adobe products from the user's computer before performing the manual cleanup.

devid_7061 · Answer

I’ve experienced Acrobat freezing, especially when switching between files and browser windows. It happened recently while viewing this webpage alongside a large PDF. Have you tried updating your Acrobat version or clearing temporary cache files to see if that helps?

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