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.pdf file icon appears as older Acrobat Reader version

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April 13, 2018
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I just got a new PC for work. I installed the latest Acrobat Reader DC version. Strangely, the icon of pdf files, whether they're stored on my machine, network drive, or in an email attachment, appear as the old Acrobat Reader icon, i.e. red graphic on white background, whereas Acrobat DC has black background icon.

I tried uninstalling and re-installing DC but it changed nothing.

Did anyone else experienced this, and how was it solved? In no way this affects how DC performs but it is just odd...

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Atul_Puri

This is the correct PDF icon.

-atul

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The applications icon has changed. Not the pdf file icon.

Participant

I might have clicked on a suspicious website by accident today, so I just want to check.

After searching these forums and finding this thread, there is no image of the icon to verify, so I posted a screenshot of the icon below.

This thread is from April 2018, but the change happened for my icons today on October 2, 2018.

Is this the legitimate Adobe Acrobat icon? If so, is there an official post or announcement from Adobe for this to confirm?

With concerns about malware, I want to confirm since it was a sudden change to my icons in List view (with a folder open in Windows 10).

The file icon change was not mentioned in the Release Notes from October 02, 2018

19.008.20071 Planned update, October 02, 2018 — Release Notes for Acrobat DC Products

What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC for the October 2018 release of Acrobat DC

Release Notes | Adobe Acrobat, Reader

Thank you

Atul_PuriCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

This is the correct PDF icon.

-atul

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Community Expert

It is the correct icon for PDF files.