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Unable to download Adobe Reader (older version/offline)

Community Beginner ,
Oct 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020

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Hello!
I was having a problem with my PC so I uninstalled Adobe Reader, thinking I can re-install it again later. Now I find I may not be capable of downloading and installing Adobe Reader because of my Operating System. Can I download an older version of Acrobat Reader on my machine?

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Adobe Employee , Oct 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020

Hi!

 

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

 

Adobe always recommends downloading and install the latest available version of Acrobat or the freeware Acrobat Reader app to get the latest features and security updates. You can always download the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the URL: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/ 

 

However, if you still wish to install the older version, you may use the following URL to download & install the freeware Acrobat Reader: 

Win: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 25, 2022 Mar 25, 2022

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So the morality of the story is: you can't get the older version of Acrobat Reader DC via le link. After fumbling a bit with the prehistoric filezilla I got into the Adobe ftp server. 

I picked a version number at random. There is no way to find out which one will work without the Adobe bug that garbles every backside page when printing two sized on an HP 500 Laserjet printer  - see my post "Reader printing garbled text "      (this happens only with the 64 bit version of Acrobat reader DC on Windows 10).

I picked 201801120058 and it works ! This version prints two sided.

But the sign document feature is no longer there....

How do I get the 32 bit version with the signature feature?

 

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 29, 2022 Apr 29, 2022

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In reponse to my own question: the way to get the 32 bit version of Acrobat Reader DC on a 64 bit Windows PC is : https://get.adobe.com/reader/ at the bottom of the initial window it says : 

Your system:Windows 10,English
Enter your version of OS and language and then pick the current version NOT the one with (64 bit)  at the end.
That's not all! At the first opportunity Adobe will force the 64 version upon you and delete the precious 32 bit version ! The way to stop this update is explained at length in my post "Reader printing garbled text "   (also the reason why we need the AcroRdr32 DC and not Acrobatreader DC exe) and , believe me, it is NOT SIMPLE ! 

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