Adobe Acrobat Reader DC does not finish installing; says later version already installed.

[HarvK75]

I used to use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Pro on several computers at $14.99 per month. Then I retired, deleted that program and began what is now a month's work of trying to install the Adobe Reader DC (or whatever the name, it is so confusing) free more basic version.  I have read the forum and repeatedly used the removal tool to no avail.  I see that this problem has prevailed for many years but I cannot find the solution. Can anyone help me?

[AkanchhaS]

Hi HarvK,

Getting an error "Newer version already installed" while installing Adobe Reader DC, is an known issue. The error is shown due to a missing update for Universal C Runtime in Windows. You can install the update using one of the following ways given in the help article here: Error 1722 while installing/updating Acrobat DC/Acrobat Reader DC on Windows

Let us know the result.

Thanks,

Akanchha