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July 22, 2024
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Fill & Sign causing Adobe Acrobat Pro to crash

  • July 22, 2024
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My coworker cannot use the "fill & sign" function on acrobat currently. When she clicks on it, the computer freezes for a moment before bringing up the crash window. I did go into her settings and uncheck "suggest words or phrases..." but to no avail. She's unistalled and reinstalled as well. I have been googling this for a while now and can't seem to find a fix!

Correct answer Nick389198671lph

This was suggested in another earlier post about this same issue. 

This solution worked for me and the other users with the same crash after selecting "Fill & Sign"

Delete the three files listed below:
acrobat_fss_signature_initials
acrobat_fss_signature_initialsi
acrobat_fss_signature_initialsk

The files are located in the following path:

C:\users\"Name"\appdata\roaming\adobe\acrobat\dc\security

 

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initials

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initialsi

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initialsk
Note: appdata is a hidden directory

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Nick389198671lphCorrect answer
Participant
July 31, 2024

This was suggested in another earlier post about this same issue. 

This solution worked for me and the other users with the same crash after selecting "Fill & Sign"

Delete the three files listed below:
acrobat_fss_signature_initials
acrobat_fss_signature_initialsi
acrobat_fss_signature_initialsk

The files are located in the following path:

C:\users\"Name"\appdata\roaming\adobe\acrobat\dc\security

 

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initials

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initialsi

%appdata%\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\acrobat_fss_signature_initialsk
Note: appdata is a hidden directory

Souvik Sadhu
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 2, 2024

@Nick389198671lph Thanks for sharing the workaround.

 

We encourage installing the latest version first. If not fixed by the update., then try using the workaround.

 

-Souvik

Participant
July 23, 2025

This did not work for me on a new imac. I deleted the files, empty the trash, and the files came back. Please advise

Participant
July 23, 2024

I'm facing the exact same problem since yesterday... Seems like a bad update from Adobe or something?

Legend
July 23, 2024

Hello,

Sorry for the frustration caused by this issue.  

We are aware of this issue, and a fix has already been identified. We will update this discussion as soon as the fix is rolled out publically. 

Thank you for your patience. 


~Tariq

Participant
July 30, 2024

Is this still an ongoing issue? Fill & sign works perfectly on my computer but still does not on my coworkers. It has been 8 days.