Adobe Reader opens only in background

[Majken27857585ul90]

Every time i try to open adobe reader nothing seems to happen. 

When i open the taskmaster/Job list, Adobe has opened two jobs in the background, but i can't open any documents via the program. I can open the documents via a browser, however, I have a lot of PDF's that are saved in another program, and i can't open those documents through a browser, they need to have the program indstalled. 

I have tried uninstalling the program and installed the newest version. I have tried repairing the program. Nothing works. I have another computer that runs all of the same programs and versions, and on that computer adobe works with no issues. 

Sometimes when restart the computer, I can open a document, but then it sort of crashes again, and i can't open anything.  

[Marcus5D22]

I treid to do that this morning, but couldnt find a link for a 32bit.  Tried installing 64 again and so far its working.  Weird.

[creatore]

Found a way to fix it: edit the properties of the executable files and set it to run in Compatibility mode: Windows 8.

It will start working again.

[Steve26528128vs74]

That worked!  I've been fighting this for a couple of months and tried everything listed above. Thanks!

[courageous_Coast9000]

Works beautifully!thank you soooooo much!

[LJMAUNSELL]

Worked for me also. Thank you.

Adobe need to sort this!

[Bernard-Félix383196405oud]

Seems to be working for me as well ! Thank you very much ! 

[Paul_McN]

I just had an IT guy check it out and he said a program called 'FileOpen' commonly stops Adobe from working. He deleted it and everything works perfectly now.

[AnandSri]

Hello Paul!

I hope you're doing well. Thank you for sharing your findings on the cause of the issue and how you resolved it by removing the third-party app.

For future reference, you can check this article on a similar topic and try the suggested solutions:

:link: Failed to Connect to DDE Server

Thanks,

Anand Sri.