Verify Operation Failed and Other Issues

I had the same problem on a MAC.

Solution:

Preferences

Security

Advanced Preferences

Unmark "Use the document-specified method. Prompt if it is not available"

ditto...started Jun20, MacBookPro, 10.8.4, cs6, acrobat pro 10.1.7

Ran the acrobat uninstaller located in the acrobat folder on the mac. Reinstalled acrobat, did not run the update, and the "verify operation failed" prompt never came back.

Me too. Just started seeing the error a day or two ago. I'm on a Mac running OS 10.8.4 and Adobe CS 5.5 Acrobat Pro X 10.1.7

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Running OSX 10.7.5 and Adobe Acrobat X 10.1.7

The message began last night, this morning I was prompted to update something in Adobe (Reader?) but that did not seem to affect the message occurrence.

I am having the exact same error. I use Acrobat Pro (version 10.1.7) on Mac. I use it every day but since this morning (21st June) I am recieving the same error message as everyone here. It's getting quite annoying really. I suspect something in the last update isn't quite right.

I am on a Mac (OSX 10.7.5) and started getting the "Verify Operation Failed" notice when opening PDF's in Acrobat Pro (10.1.7) but not in Reader. The PDF seems to be fine but being such an ambiguous message I am concerned as to what is happening behind the scenes.

Verify Operation Failed  while trying to open the PDF file in Acrobat or Adobe Reader :   Launch Acrobat or Adobe Reader, click on  Edit > Preferences, In General  check on Use Only Certified plug-ins and click on ok. After that navigate to C:\Users\User Account \AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\10.0\preference, delete all files from preference folder. Then try to launch Acrobat and open the PDF file. This will resolve the issue.

I found a work around. It requires Foxit Reader, which is free.

Option 1: If you can't open a (.pdf) file in Internet Explorer because it insists on using Adobe Reader which fails on your computer for whatever reason, sometimes you can right click on the link itself and select “Save Target As” which will save the (.pdf) to your hard drive and then you can open it with Foxit Reader. If the file that it tries to save is something other than a (.pdf) such as an (.htm) then try option 2 below.

Option 2: If the “Save Target As” option isn't available, or it tries to save a file type (.htm), then click on the link anyway and let Adobe Reader try and open it. If it fails, the URL to the (.pdf) file should be in the Internet Explorer/Adobe Reader address bar. Copy the URL, open Foxit reader, go to File - Open, then paste the URL of the (.pdf) into the File Name textbox on the Open File pop-up screen and hit "Open".

I've tried changing the default (.pdf) reader to Foxit but sometimes the link to the (.pdf) still insists on using Adobe. Even if I try to use FireFox and Foxit together, there are some (.pdf) links that won't use anything but Adobe.

Sorry Adobe but I don't think it's your software, I think something is wrong with Windows on this computer.

Three days, no response. If I can get my company to pay for it I guess I'll have to go the $39.00 service call route.

Which actually I don't have to do since Foxit works for most of my needs.

Thanks for your support. Not.