After reinstalling Adobe Acrobat, I no longer seem to be able to “Enable new Acrobat” nor “Disable New Acrobat” to switch between the old and new UI schemes. I am stuck on the old UI even though I was previously able to access the new UI. The button just does not appear in the View menu anymore.
Is this a bug, or did the latest update remove the new UI, or did something else occur?
After looking into this issue, here's what I've found:
The new Acrobat UI (named the “Modern Viewer”) is set as a phased rollout that becomes available to users differently over time. Under normal circumstances, about 25% of users will have been offered the new UI as at June this year. The passage of time is measured by number of sessions, and when you reinstall Acrobat the clock is set back to zero, so you will have to keep using Acrobat until such a time when the new UI is offered.
However, in my case, I was able to use my knowledge of the Windows Registry and Group Policy objects to set appropriate values and enable the new UI early. I will not be providing any instructions for this as I do not condone registry editing for the inexperienced. For those who know what they're doing, here's everything you'll need to make it happen.
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