Cannot move or delete a pdf file in Windows 10

Please help.  I closed my preview pane and still cannot rename or delete my pdf

Sorry, but the "don't use the preview pane," "use another file manager," or "don't ever plan on recovering your deleted file" aren't viable work-arounds for as much as we pay for this product.

This is an issue that has been present for YEARS, and it's still not fixed.  I don't understand how other software developers have figured out a way to allow renaming or deleting a PDF file while previewing it, and Adobe and Microsoft can't put their tiny brains together and figure it out, but still manage to charge an arm and a leg for their products.

Our law office is trying to go paperless, so when we get correspondence in the mail, it is scanned into a common folder where it gets renamed and then moved to the appropriate client folder.  Sometimes things get scanned twice.  At any given time, I might have 100+ documents in this folder that need to be renamed.  If I have to open each document to see what it is, then close it, rename it, then open the next tome, and then repeat this over a hundred times, it becomes a HUGE waste of time.  I SHOULD be able to preview the document, rename it, hit tab and move on to the next.

Adobe, fix this. This is so frustrating.

Thanks we will give it a shot

am havjng the same issue

This only started happening with most recent Windows 10 and Adobe Acrobat updates.

Turning off the preview pane solved it. Man, that was driving me freakin nuts.

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Thanks folks!   :-)

I'm sad to see that this problem still exists. It seems as though a work-around is necessary.

One thing someone mentioned is to use another software as your File Manager (instead of Windows Explorer). I found one called "FreeCommander" It can be downloaded here:

http://www.fosshub.com/FreeCommander.html

I downloaded and installed it. Seems to be a safe file (Norton didn't scream at me )

Another option is FileAssassin by Malwarebytes. Also safe and easy to use. You can find it here:

https://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin/

Hope this helps!

So our office has invested the time and effort into a digital archive instead of a paper system.

And we seem to come across this issue when we upgrade.

How does Microsoft and Adobe not realise that previewing files without opening is so important when dealing with so many files, further to this being able to rename a file while viewing the contents in a preview panel or for that matter deleting the file also.

Its fundamental in the way end users work with digital files, how can you not test this to make sure it works.

Our company has upgrade many of its user Adobe Acrobat DC and this problem makes those subscriptions not very attractive as I spend hours looking for a solution to a problem I did not create.

An upgrade is usually an improvement I don't feel like that is the case for this product.

The inability to delete a PDF file was also a problem in Windows 8 and continues in Windows 10. The problem is associated with use of the Preview Pane in Windows Explorer. There are 2 workarounds:

1. In Windows Explorer, turn off the Preview Pane.
   (Alt+P, or click"Preview Pane" in the Windows Explorer tool bar.)
2. If that doesn't work, use SHIFT+DELETE to permanently delete the file. (Caution: You won't be able to un-delete).

This bug only affects PDF files. Other file formats delete without issues in Windows Explorer.

What software do you use to delete or rename the files?