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Cannot install - Error Code: 136
I was having issues with the Fill & Sign part of Acrobat, so I figured a good ol' flush-n-fill was in order. I uninstalled Acrobat DC, rebooted, and attempted to reinstall it. I received the message: "Unable to install the product. Click Retry to download and install it again. (Error Code: 136)". The log file it generates:
Exit Code: 7
Please see specific errors below for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DW003, DW071 ...
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 2 error(s)
----------- Payload: Adobe Acrobat DC 21.7.20099.0 Adobe Acrobat\Setup.exe_21.007.20099 -----------
ERROR: DW071:
ERROR: DW003: Third party payload installer Adobe Acrobat\Setup.exe failed with exit code: 1603
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The error code analyzer is completely useless; I have tried the "Retry" button many times with the exact same result. I even let Microsoft go ahead and update my Windows 10 to Windows 11. I also ran Wise Registry Cleaner because some research indicated that the "Error Code 136" means something wrong with the registry. None of these tactics have worked; I still get the same error.
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