Making Adobe Acrobat DC work in Windows 11
I have been having problems recently (Since 01 JAN 2025) with Adobe Acrobat DC on Windows 11. Everytime I would try to open up Acrobat, it would freeze up and give me an error message.
I combed the support and community forums for answers... none of the solutions propsed by Adobe, or others, worked.
But something else did:
1. Uninstall all Adobe software. ALL of it. Especially Creative Cloud. Use the Windows 11 Settings UI for Installed Apps.
2. Download the Acrobat DC installer from here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/acrobat-dc-downloads.html
3. Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT install Adobe Creative Cloud from the web.
4. Launch Acrobat and Sign In.
5. All should work well.
It looks like Creative Crowd is the (dead) elephant in the room and no one is calling Adobe out on it.
