Abnormal Reader window borders on Windows 11

[huntingtonmechlabs]

When opening Acrobat Reader on Windows 11 I have the normal window borders, can see the close, minimize and expand icons.  When I hover the mouse over that area, the window borders disappear.  I have to click the edge of the window to get it back.  See the examples below, first one is normal and the second is the abnormal window:

This is on a Dell laptop Precision 3560 which was recently upgraded to Windows 11.

[Amal.]

Hi there

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that. As the issue started after you upgraded to Win 11

Is this an issue with Adobe Acrobat only or with other applications as well?

Please try to reboot the computer once and see if that helps. You may also try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Windows and try using the application there and check.

Regards

Amal

[huntingtonmechlabs]

Hello,

Yes, rebooted and tried uninstalling/reinstalling.  Logged in as a new user and the same symptons.

I did an in-place upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 10.  Acrobat reader was previously installed under W10.  This is the only program with this trouble, all others came through the upgrade without any problems.

This a domain joined computer.  I'd rather not rollback to W10 if I don't have to.

[Amal.]

Hi there

We are sorry to hear that. Please try to repair the Acrobat Reader installation from the help menu > repair Installation and reboot the computer.

Also, try to reset the Acrobat preferences https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-defau... and see if that helps.

You may also try to turn off the protected mode for testing. Go to Edit > Preferences > Enhanced Security > Uncheck 'Enable Protected mode at startup' ,Turn off the protected mode and uncheck Enhanced Security > Click OK and reboot the computer once.

If it still doesn't work, remove the application uisng the Acrobat Cleaner tool https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/cleaner.html , reboot the computer and reinstall the application using the link https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/

Regards

Amal

[huntingtonmechlabs]

Hi Amal,

I uninstalled, used the cleaner tool, removed as many registry entries for Acrobat as I could, then re-booted and used the enterprise install as directed.  It now works as it should.

Thanks for your help!

[huntingtonmechlabs]

Hi Amal,

I spoke too soon.  I now have more clues.

I installed the enterprise version, which happened to be 32-bit.  It was working correctly.

After using Reader for just a bit, it updated itself to 64-bit (same as the OS).  At that point the problem  returned.  I didn't see a way to stop auto updates, is that possible?

[Amal.]

Hi there

We are sorry to hear that. Would you mind collecting the Adobe CC logs https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-log-collector.html and the procmon logs https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/acromonitor.html and share them via document cloud as described here https://helpx.adobe.com/document-cloud/help/sharing-pdfs.html so that we can isolate the issue for the fix.

Regards

Amal

[huntingtonmechlabs]

Hi Amal,

The files have been shared.

[Amal.]

Hi there

Would you mind sharing the Log file with us here using the Document cloud as described earlier.

Regards

Amal

[huntingtonmechlabs]

Hi Amal,

I believe I have uploaded the correct file.  If not let me know.

[Amal.]

Hi there

Would you mind sharing the name of the file once you uploaded it to the portal so that we can track it?

Regards

Amal

[huntingtonmechlabs]

I uploaded:  ProcMonLog.pml, as well as:  AdobeLogs_20211214_034158_094-win-GS.zxp

[Jon253835897uc5]

Is there a solution to this issue?

[Amal.]

Hi there

This issue is already reported to our engineering team for fix. Will share the update as soon as we get any information from them.

Regards

Amal

[Leopoldo25477303u35d]

Please do, the same happens to me and it's very annoying

[egilo99713404]

Any news here?

[Leopoldo25477303u35d]

I'm still having the same problem. I use it on my descktop with no problems but this always happen on my laptop