Can I run Adobe Reader and Adobe Standard simultaneously? They appear to be as one.

[RealtorArt]

In a past version of windows and Adobe products Adobe standard did not hand opening two documents simutaneously very well. To work around the issue I loaded reader with a red icon and standard with a white icon. That way when I was using Adobe Standard, and needed to reference another document, I would Open As  "Adobe Reader". Now I am running Windows 11 and purchased Adobe Standard, and then loaded free Adobe Reader to accomplish the same goals. However, once I loaded Standard and then Reader, there appears to be only one program. It appears to be only Standard. If I try to open an additional pdf, and try to Open With, I cannot find an Adobe Reader icon. Can anyone shed light on what is happening? Thx -art-

[davescm]

You have posted in the Photoshop forum. Is your question about Acrobat? If so I'll move it to the relevant forum.

Dave

[D Fosse]

Just out of curiosity, what's "Adobe Standard"?

[jane-e]

Just out of curiosity, what's "Adobe Standard"?

By @D Fosse

Acrobat Pro costs more and has more features than Acrobat Standard, such as Redaction and OCR.

https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing/compare-versions.html 

Jane

[davescm]

Thanks Jane - it sounds like this is about Acrobat - so I'll move the thread to that forum.

Dave

[D Fosse]

Ah, Acrobat standard 🙂

[jane-e]

Ah, Acrobat standard 🙂

By @D Fosse

It's more common than you would expect and something I've seen quite often over the years in Acrobat classes! Just yesterday someone I work for said she would be sending out the schedules in Adobe. I debated correcting her and decided it was in my best interests not to.

Jane

[jane-e]

In a past version of windows and Adobe products Adobe standard did not hand opening two documents simutaneously very well.

By @RealtorArt

Are you on Windows or macOS? ASAIK, Windows blocks opening the same file in two applications simultaneously, whereas macOS has always allowed it. 

Jane

[ravinderg62643219 · Accepted solution]

Hi @RealtorArt 

Now Acrobat and Reader are part of unified installer and you can't install both Reader and Acrobat apps simultaneously on the machine. 

Regards

Ravi