PDFs are deleted after opened with Adobe Reader DC

Report · May 14, 2019

Dear all,

actually I experiencing real wired trouble with the Adobe Reader DC.

When i open a pdf in the Adobe reader and close the reader the document will be deleted from the hdd.

When I'm using another viewer everything is fine.

Do you also have experiences like that?

Thanks for your Feedback

Report · May 14, 2019

Never heard of anything like that happening because of Reader. I would run an Anti-Virus on the computer.

Report · May 14, 2019

well now i tested and saw related articles and this solved it actually.

PDF files disappearing after closing

Report · Jun 10, 2019

Hi all,

We're sorry for the trouble, this has been reported to the Engineering team and for investigation would it be possible to collect the Process Monitor logs for the affected machine and share it with me in private message only. To send a private message, please take help from the article How Do I Send Private Message | Adobe Community

Steps to collect the Process Monitor Logs:

Download Acrobat and Reader Process Monitor Tool - Adobe Labs

Download the utility from the above link & Double click AcroMon.exe.
Check Advanced Logging. The default setting just collects minidumps.
Choose the target application (Acrobat or Reader).
Choose Start. The application is launched automatically.
If a User Account Control prompt appears, choose Yes to give the Process Monitor permission to run.
Perform the workflow where you are seeing the problem (the crash or freeze).
Choose Stop Monitor.
If a User Account Control prompt appears, choose Yes to give the Process Monitor permission to run.
Choose Exit.
Wait for AcroMonitor icon to disappear from the taskbar (if it does not close, choose Exit).
Go to %temp%/AcroMon/ to view the logs (C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\AcroMon)
Upload it to Adobe Document Cloud Storage Adobe Document Cloud
Generate the share link, and share the link in Private message only How Do I Send Private Message | Adobe Community

Thanks all for your time and patience thus far.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

Report · Jun 11, 2019

Hi All,

Could you Please check if the file actually gets Deleted from the location or gets hidden at that location.

Can you please check after doing a Refresh (Right click -> "Refresh" (F5) ) and see if the file is visible again after this ?

Also we would need ProcMon Logs to triage this further.

1) Download ProcMon application : from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon ,

2) Launch procmon.exe.

3) Do the Steps/Workflow that you are facing issue with, in Reader DC.

4) Save the logs captured in ProcMon at the end and share that log file with us

You can send those logs to me privately then.

Thanks

Ayush Jain

Report · Jun 13, 2019

Hi all,

Acrobat engineering is investigating this issue on priority and already working with some of you to narrow down the problem which is happening in some specific environments only. Do continue sending us the Process Monitor logs for investigation which are really helpful. It would be great if some of you can also do remote session with us for investigations. Please reach out to me or AnandSri by sending Private message.

Thanks,

Vishal

Report · Jun 16, 2019

Hi All,

After investigation, it seems that the Forcepoint Endpoint seems to be the problem and causing this issue, would it be possible to check by disabling the Forecpoint Endpoint.

You may also find the copy of the files in %tmp% folder.

Please let us know how it goes and share your observation.

Thanks,

Anand Sri,

Report · Jun 26, 2019

Hi All,

Greetings!

Thanks for your patience and for your cooperation.

After analyzing the logs shared by few users, we found that the primary cause of the file disappearing issue is due to the Forcepoint Endpoint.

Forcepoint has recommended to the users who reported this to their support team to upgrade the application to the latest version 19.06 and it seems that it solves the issue for them.

If you are not using Forcepoint and experiencing the file disappearing issue, then please share the following details so that we can assist you in a better way and get this resolved.

The version of Adobe Reader installed? To identify, please take help from Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC
The version of the operating system installed?
The version of the security software installed?
The complete workflow through which you can reproduce, the issue with basic file open/close workflow or some other workflow such as edit & save.

Download the Microsoft process monitor tool to collect the logs of the affected machine, download and install it from Process Monitor - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
Run the process monitor tool, perform the steps to reproduce the issue.
Save the log file from the process monitor tool and share the logs with us in private message only How Do I Send Private Message | Adobe Community
Please share a callback number, the best time for callback and time zone so that we can schedule a remote session to analyze and for debugging.
Share the callback details in private message only How Do I Send Private Message | Adobe Community

Regards,

Anand Sri.