Acrobat lost te registration info and tell me its a bogus copy

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I moved.   When I moved, the HD of my PC got corrupted and I had to restore nearly everything from a backup.   When I did that, Acrobat must have lost something because now it keeps popping up a warning that says my copy is not genuine.  But it certainly IS genuine, and I've had it for years running fine until I moved.

I have no idea where my manuals are or if I even took them with me when I moved.  I certainly did not take any installation materials.   I used to work in IT and didnt bother registering SW because I updated too frequently to bother.    Now I'm retired.  This is Abobe Acrobat X Pro.  How do I correct this problem and get rid of these nag popups from Adobe?

[kglad · Accepted solution]

uninstall your current acrobat (after making sure you have your serial number secured)

clean per Download Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool - Adobe Labs

restart your computer

reinstall your acrobat using the installation file(s) and your serial number.

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