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federicof43509471
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September 29, 2017
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Adobe reader DC keeps freezing

  • September 29, 2017
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Hello,

I have been working with Adobe Reader for a long time. I am currently having issues with my Adobe DC. It works fine on my MacBook Air but unfortunately it keeps freezing on my iMac Retina when I click on the highlight button.

How do I solve this?

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Correct answer Tariq Ahmad

Hi Federicof,

Sorry for the delay in response.

We have received few reports related to this issue and sadly we have not been able to reproduce the issue in-house.

  • Please check if you have any pending updates for Reader.
  • Check if the issue is reproducible with all the files you are trying to highlight.
  • Is there any other tool under comments/annotation that is causing this issue? Or it just the highlight tool?
  • Have you tried reinstalling the application?
  • If not, try uninstalling and try reset preferences How to reset Acrobat Preference settings to default.  Restart the machine and try again.

Please let us know if that helps. Or if you have already found a resolution/workaround to this query, please reply to third with your findings that will help.

-Tariq Dar

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Marcia5FB4
Participant
September 10, 2021

Each time I pull up a PDF, I get a square blank screen in front of the document and a continual colored circle. Even after 10 minutes it will not go away, will not allow me to close it.  I cannot pull up any PDF docs.

 

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Tariq AhmadCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
October 26, 2017

Hi Federicof,

Sorry for the delay in response.

We have received few reports related to this issue and sadly we have not been able to reproduce the issue in-house.

  • Please check if you have any pending updates for Reader.
  • Check if the issue is reproducible with all the files you are trying to highlight.
  • Is there any other tool under comments/annotation that is causing this issue? Or it just the highlight tool?
  • Have you tried reinstalling the application?
  • If not, try uninstalling and try reset preferences How to reset Acrobat Preference settings to default.  Restart the machine and try again.

Please let us know if that helps. Or if you have already found a resolution/workaround to this query, please reply to third with your findings that will help.

-Tariq Dar

sorrelr70463918
sorrelr70463918
Participant
January 30, 2018

I have been having the same issue on my Windows 10 laptop. Every so often when I'm highlighting documents the document will freeze then say "Acrobat has stopped working" and shut down. However, recently (in the last 2 weeks), it will freeze my entire computer and the only way to solve the issue is to restart my computer. This keeps happening in 10-15 minute intervals and I can't get any work done. I've tried reinstalling the program several times, and repairing the installation, as well as updating my computer system. Nothing has worked and it's really interrupting my work.

AnandSri
Community Manager
AnandSriCommunity Manager
Community Manager
February 23, 2018

Hi,

Thank you for the advice. Unfortunately, I have tried both these methods and neither work: my computer still freezes if I’m highlighting a lot.

Sorrel


Hello Sorrelr,

We apologize for the inconvenience caused, please check for any pending/latest updates from help>check for updates, reboot the machine and see if this brings any difference.

As you mentioned, you have tried all the suggestions mentioned in the previous post and the issue still persists, please create a test user account with full admin rights(for windows) or enable the root account(for mac) and install Adobe Reader Adobe - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Distribution  and see if the issue is reproducible.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

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