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December 15, 2016
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Convert to PDF is Not an Option in Windows Explorer

  • December 15, 2016
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Good Afternoon,

I have installed Acrobat XI on a user's system using my account which has local admin privileges on the machine.  If I open Windows Explorer, and right click on a file, I have the options to convert to PDF or Combine Files into a PDF.  When the user of the machine logs in using their credentials, those options are no longer available and if you open Acrobat and select the Combine Files into a PDF, an error appears at the bottom stating that the files that were selected to be combined are not of the proper file type.  Meanwhile, if I try and perform this action under my account and I drag the same files into the Combine Files into PDF dialog box, it works fine.

I thought that this was initially a user access issue, but I have other users that have Acrobat installed (same version, same machine, same user access) and it works fine.  I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.  I am looking for any assistance.  I have posted this question to Experts Exchange to no avail.  I am out of possible solutions.

Patrick M.

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Adorobat
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December 22, 2016

Hi Patrick95,

Could you please try running Acrobat as an administrator and see if that works:

Locate Reader's shortcut on desktop>right click>select Run as administrator.

What is the version of Acrobat XI installed on the machine?

Which Windows operating System is installed on the machine- 7/8/10 ?