Acrobat X keeps crashing in Edit Forms mode

I'm using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro...same Form Edit crash issue.  I believe form edits must be made in *.fcdt design file and not the *.pdf file.

-open Acrobat

-select "Create Form" on left under Select a Task (even though you're not creating a form...)

-select "from Scratch or Template" and "Launch."  This opens "Adobe FormsCentral" and shows a separate app open in the desktop tray.

-select "My Forms" tab -the form I've been building is listed there.

-double click open; form opens in "Design" tab view with the Form Editor and features I used to create it (this form editor was not showing when I tried to edit pdf that kept closing). 

Now in this Design view of Adobe FormsCentraI I can edit my form.  I'm also keeping backup copies as I go. File menu has option to "Export Design File..."  --this exports as *.fcdt file, not a pdf.  If I double click to open a *.fcdt file it launches "Adobe FormsCentral" and allows me to Import it to "My Forms" tab list of forms.

This worked for me:

Find a PDF that doesn't cause Acrobat to crash when entering Prepare Forms mode. I had to try several files before I found one that worked. Then, while keeping that file open, also open the file that was originally causing it to crash and go to Prepare Forms there as well. Then I closed Acrobat, opened the problem file by itself one more time, and then it finally let me edit the forms.

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!! ask me how everyone

I have been building a large form filler over 19MB all custom from scratch using word. As a side project I have been working on this for over a month, I would save (save as) a new version ever time I put in over 3 hours of progress because I like to refer back to my older saves to start over if I break my project or decide to trash what I have if I don't like it. I am at a point were my editor crashes every time I want to edit the filler properties. If I open an earlier version that I saved I am able to edit without a crash. What does that mean? that means something I did in the latest version has a glitch or a conflict and the previous (3 hours worth of work in the past)  does not. I was lucky enough to save separate versions every few days or 3 hours of work to go back to the ones that are stable and not start completely over.

I have a feeling that there is something wrong in the current form and not the Adobe program.It is still perplexing as to why it is crashing at a certain point because I don't know where the problem is or what I edited last to cause the problem. but I tell ya, I can go back to a saved previous form and continue my project with no problems. I don't want to resort to that and I am trying to find a solution. I see here that this common problem is not an easy fix. I hope my experience helps or makes sense. 

Hi Laura

did you find a solution to this problem? I am experiencing exactly the same - in forms editing mode Adobe X Pro closes down as soon as I try to edit.

This poor guy has had this issue for OVER THREE YEARS, and NOBODY from Adobe has addressed the issue yet???

It's one thing to charge an exorbitant amount of money for software, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DOWNGRADE THEIR SOFTWARE TO GET IT TO ACT AS EXPECTED!  GET ON THE STICK, ADOBE, THIS IS INEXCUSABLE!!! 

I also have this issue, and I thought it was something that I did wrong.  I became so exasperated, I searched for a solution online, only to discover that the marvelous Adobe developers have been sitting on their hands!

It seems to happen only when there are groups of checkboxes or radio buttons present in the form. I made a test form with only text fields, and I was able to rearrange the form fields repeatedly with no crashes — even while dragging the text name of the field. As soon as checkboxes or radio buttons entered the picture, it started crashing again.

I had the same issue with form editing crashing Acrobat xi.  I tried all of the solutions provided in this forum, including creating a new form from scratch...same problem...Acrobat crashed at first attempt to edit form.  I finally downloaded a trial of Nitro PDF software, made my edits to the form in Nitro, then saved the edited form with new file name.  When I opened the newly saved form with Acrobat xi, form editing worked fine with no crashes. I am still evaluating Nitro for long term use. Hope this helps someone.

Actually i got this figured out today.  This is on a windows 7 machine. It seemed to work on another login profile, so i deleted all the adobe folders under c:\users\"username"\appdata\local\  c:\users\"users name"\appdata\roaming\   and c:\users\"users name"\appdata\localnow\.   Then when i logged back on as the user it seemed to work ok.

Having the same issue. The workaround from Rob8989 is working for me:

Solution:

When moving the fields in the tab order window DO NOT CLICK ON THE TEXT. Click on and move the icon only and it does not crash.

Cheers Rob.