How to save changes and just overwrite a PDF without choosing a folder??

[bryanw26880450]

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - I rarely use this app and am very frustrated by its Save and Save As screens. I need to open a PDF through a network link (I do NOT know the path to this PDF), make comments, and save it. Simple.  But when I try to save or exit, Acrobat Reader is forcing me to select a Save As location. Why?? How do I force it to just save over the same PDF? I don't know this location, and it would be a tremendous amount of work to figure out where the PDF is.

This is not a read-only file, and I have honestly never seen a piece of software from any other company force me to select a different path to save a writable file. Why does Adobe have to make everything so difficult? How do I force it to just let me overwrite the file?

[Sumanth32339587rw2f]

"for reasons known only to them" LOL

[Roy28081820vwm7]

None of the comments above solves my issue. Finally this one works a bit.

Change your storage settings.

Your PDF editor or reader might not know where to send your saved files, meaning they won’t save anywhere. To fix the problem, follow these steps:

1. Open the file in Acrobat.
2. Click File and choose Preferences at the bottom.
3. In the Preferences panel, select General and check the box beside Show online storage when saving files.
4. Press OK.

This correction to your storage settings may allow you to finally save your PDF.

[Roy28081820vwm7]

UNCHECK the box beside Show online storage when saving files.

[Alicia38764251k50e]

THANK YOU!  I tried the other suggestions, but this is the only one that helped!

[Charles297252775i2w]

Yeah, idiotic that it is difficult to save over the original file. Tried all of the above and none of it works for me and I'm in a corporate network where users can't select a different PDF tool 😞 So reviewers who don't know the file location can't save in the correct location. WHY WHY WHY???

[Test Screen Name]

So, you tried turning off Protected Mode (different from Protected View)?