Trying to install Acrobat Pro 10.1.7 & get error: "Setup has detected that you already have a more functional product installed. Setup will now terminate."?

 I had this problem.   Before I installed  adobe reader. After, I want Adobe Acrobat PRO. But I don't install acrobat Pro.

I deleted adobe reader and after installed Adobe Acrobat PRO. I solved my problem. And AFTER installed adobe reader.

I recently had this VERY SAME merry-go-round on my new work machine. It came with wussy little Reader pre-installed as part of the standard SW rollout package; and I need Pro to do my job.

Go into your Control Panel, Programs and Features, and then select Acrobat from there, right-click and choose UNINSTALL . The Windows uninstaller actually works pretty good at this. You will likely have to reboot to complete the action. Double-check by going through these steps again to make sure the Uninstall worked.

After this, Acrobat Pro will install and license correctly.

Hope that helps you.

If anyone with Adobe can please reply to this and have any advice? Thx so much!

re: I cannot uninstall FM as we don't have the CD...

If you can't get Adobe to direct you to a download, FM media, going back an impressive number of releases, is available at very low prices from cdw dot com (because it doesn't include the license).

Now if your IT has lost the license details as well, your enterprise needs to hire some staff competent at basic stewardship.

Best practices has always said that you shouldn't have both the Reader & Distiller on the same machine - that might be the problem. Your other issue is that you've got the "headless" version of Acrobat installed as part of FM, and now you want to swap it out for the "full" version. That may also be your blocker. I would find those installation files for FM & try to do a repair - uninstall, install Acrobat first & reinstall FM making sure that the "custom" option is turned off so that the headless creator isn't installed over your full version.