Documents\*.pdf missing

[sarahr43425611]

I have installed Acrobat 8 on Windows 10 machine although Adobe PDF isn't showing in printers and scanners and when I go to local port to add manually Documents\*.pdf is missing from the drop down menu?

[Dov Isaacs · Accepted solution]

Acrobat 8.0 as initially installed is totally and utterly incompatible with any version of Windows beyond Windows XP. It will not install the Adobe PDF printer driver instance since changes made beginning with Windows Vista prevent such an installation. Furthermore, there was no mechanism for installing that printer driver on 64-bit versions of Windows. If you install the Acrobat 8.1 update, the Adobe PDF printer driver instance may be installed.

All that having been said, assuming you get this all installed, be aware you are running software that hasn't been supported by Adobe in many years (is at least 5 major versions out of date) and that may expose your system to various malware exploits that have been remedied over the years.

          - Dov