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May 15, 2025
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Question re: Adobe Acrobat

  • May 15, 2025
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For the past several days, whenever I open a photo or document in Adobe Acrobat, I get a message when I'm trying to close it. Even if I have not made any changes, it says there are unsaved changes to the item, and do I want to save them or discard them?

I am using Creative Cloud Desktop on Windows 10.

 

Can anyone tell me why this is happening, and how I can make it stop?

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AnandSri
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May 15, 2025

Hello @sandral18706!

 

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

 

Could you please provide more details about the issue? What error message are you receiving? Could you also share a screenshot of the error message? Do you open the files directly within Adobe Acrobat or by double-clicking on them? Please ensure you have the latest version of Acrobat installed on the machine: 25.001.20474 (Win), Apr 28, 2025. Check for any pending updates from the Menu > help > check for updates, install the updates, restart the app and the machine, and try again. 

 

Disable Auto-Save or Auto-Tagging (for scanned/image-based docs)

Sometimes, Acrobat auto-applies tagging or OCR behind the scenes.

Try this:

  • Open Acrobat

  • Go to: Menu→ Preferences → Documents

  • Uncheck: "Automatically save document changes to temporary file every X minutes"

Then also check:

  • Menu → Preferences → Accessibility

  • Uncheck: “Enable assistive technology support” if you don’t use screen readers.

You can also try the suggestions from this article: https://adobe.ly/4kmwnWh

 

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

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May 15, 2025

 

I'm attaching a screen shot of the error message. I checked for updates and there are none. I'm using version 25.001.20474.

 

I am double clicking on the images to get them to open. I've gone to the Menu and done both suggestions.

 

It is still happening.

 

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 15, 2025

This does not look like a dialog of Acrobat. This is what a Save Changes dialog in Acrobat looks like:

 

Notice the application name at the top and the correct grammar (yours is badly written and doesn't offer an option to cancel the operation completely). Are you sure you're using Adobe Acrobat for this?

 

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 15, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Known Participant
May 15, 2025

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. I thought I was in the right place. Oops! Thanks for your help.

 

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 15, 2025

(no problem)