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Installing Acrobat 7.0 Pro on new Windows 10

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August 17, 2015
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Adobe shows I own this product, but I can't figure out how to get it installed on my new machine.

Can anyone help?

Correct answer Karl Heinz Kremer

Neither Acrobat 7 nor Adobe Reader 7 are supported on Windows 10. Even if you manage to install the software, it will not run correctly.

Dov Isaacs

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See my response above.

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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bblegacy

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Though it may be a correct answer, it's also a bullsh** answer. If I have a valid CD and Registration Code and it is a 32 bit windows application it should install from the original media on a Windows 10 machine under SysWow32 subsystem in the \Program Files (x86) directory. Case closed. This is nothing but a poor excuse by Adobe to sucker people who already bought their product that still works adequately as it was originally released for what I think is probably a large number of users including myself.

Dov Isaacs

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On behalf of Adobe …

Acrobat is not a simple 32-bit application! It contains system drivers and application plug-ins that were no longer operational beyond 32-bit Windows XP. Yes, Acrobat 7 does work adequately under Windows XP 32-bit and versions of Microsoft Office of that era. In terms of your license for Acrobat 7, note that the software is only supported for the operating environment at the time you licensed Acrobat 7. There is no infinite long term support just as there is no infinite long terms support for Windows 3, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and even now, Windows 7.

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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YossiD

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But why?

I have installed Acrobat 7 Pro on my windows 10 64-bit machine and it works fine except for three things:

Acrobat PDF printer does not install - I can see that differences in the windows architecture could be a factor
Cannot save PDFs as graphic files
Digital signature IDs disappear whenever the program is closed

I suspect there are other functions that don't work, but apparently they are functions that I don't need or use. I imagine that some clever Windows programmer could fix some of these problems, but I'm not such a one.

What is worse is that I have found that the useability of Acrobat is getting worse as time goes on. From sensible and easy to navigate menus, Acrobat has moved to game-like function selection screens. In the new versions it takes me much longer to accomplish the same tasks than in the older ones.

try67

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What is your question, then?

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anicanm48254930

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hello what is your problem

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Kurt Bierbum

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Hello! I am trying installing Acrobat 7.0 Pro on my new computer, windows 10 (the CD-program is age 2004). And the system calls for installerings program.

I have tryed to activete by https://www.adobe.com/actphone, but it do not work.

What to do?

try67

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Read the rest of the thread. Basically, you need to get a new license to the current version of Acrobat, which is actually compatible with your operating system.

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Test Screen Name

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Acrobat Reader 7.0 or Acrobat Professional 7.0? These are two different products.

If it is Acrobat Professional 7.0, do you still have your original CDROM and serial number from the purchase (please do NOT post the serial number!)

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samnam94863987

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I need to install the Acrobat Reader 7.0 Professional in window 10. How can I do?

Karl Heinz Kremer

Correct answer

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Neither Acrobat 7 nor Adobe Reader 7 are supported on Windows 10. Even if you manage to install the software, it will not run correctly.

danr18610730

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Adobe has disabled the activation server for CS2 products, including Acrobat 7, because of a technical issue. These products were released more than seven years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems; Adobe no longer supports them.

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You do realise that if you can get it installed it won't work properly? For example, the Adobe PDF printer and creation from Office documents cannot work. Many other things might fail.