You're right. The new rules for the Windows 11 store means it is there (but it is no longer called Adobe Reader, the name is Adobe Acrobat Reader DC). It is NOT in the Windows 10 store. But the Windows 10 store seems to have a product with Adobe Acrobat in the name, which is made by someone else entirely. I wonder how long it will stay there, since Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks...

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DIRECT21851891elpn

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Now adobe acrobat reader dc is on store

and free and only 293.3 mb

so enjoy

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No. It’s old and almost obsolete. It only really still exists because the regular Reader can’t run in Windows RT.

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Lamak Kutbi MaimoonAuthor

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Well with Adobe publishing other apps in the Microsoft Store, Adobe should consider uploading Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on the Store as well.

Dov Isaacs

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Easier to deploy among my various devices

Auto-update from the store

No need for admin rights to install

Able to install in S Mode or Windows ARM Devices

Apple did it with iTunes on the Microsoft Store (Which is the full desktop app btw), Im pretty sure Adobe can do so too.

It is not as easy as you think! Much of the functionality of Reader would need to be either lost or dumbed down to work with Microsoft's current rules for eligibility for their store. The comparison of iTunes with Adobe Reader is somewhat specious. iTunes has exceptionally limited interoperability with any other software, doesn't support programming (i.e., JavaScript), and supports very few, limited file formats.

In other words, don't hold your breath.

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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