No dictionaries were found. Your installation might be corrupted [2017]

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March 10, 2017
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I have recently purchased Acrobat Pro DC for Mac. Surprisingly, no spelling is available and when I go to Preferences → Spelling, I end up with the following message "No dictionaries were found. Your installation might be corrupted". I am baffled that Adobe would release a product with this kind of bug and meaningless error message. Equally baffling is the apparent impossibility to download dictionaries, when this is possible and trivial to do for Reader DC. Could anyone who has encountered the same problem suggest a possible workaround? Ideally, I would like to avoid having to reinstall the whole program. Thanks.

Correct answer Laura38051976jc8m

Found the instructions on another post.

is worked for me on windows 11 * 10-26-2021

Go to Edit : Click Preferences

: Click Security ( Enhanced )

: In sandbox Protected mode at startup (preview) " UNCLICK "

: Restart Adobe

: Then Check, Edit ,Prefrences , check Spelling to See if works

IF works : Turn back on in sandbox protected mode at startup " CLICK ON "

: Restart Adobe

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Laura38051976jc8m

Participant

We are experencing the same issue, on our new install and publish today.

Need this solution for VDI installs.

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Laura38051976jc8mCorrect answer

Participant

Found the instructions on another post.

is worked for me on windows 11 * 10-26-2021

Go to Edit : Click Preferences

: Click Security ( Enhanced )

: In sandbox Protected mode at startup (preview) " UNCLICK "

: Restart Adobe

: Then Check, Edit ,Prefrences , check Spelling to See if works

IF works : Turn back on in sandbox protected mode at startup " CLICK ON "

: Restart Adobe

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mikejn1

Participating Frequently

i have similar probllem when adding new text to a pdf.

"no dictionaries . . . may be corrupt"

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mikejn1

Participating Frequently

un- and re-instal cured the 'installation corrupt'

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tomt65000820

Participating Frequently

I uninstalled and reinstalled and it do not cure the problem. Then I uninstalled, used the Adobe cleaner tool, and reistalled, and it did not cure the problem.

This hasn't affected my ability to use the program; its simple an annoying message with no solution.