Ok, I MANAGED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE ON MY OWN. 1) Locate the extracted copy of Acrobat DC in your local temp folder "C:\users\[username]\Local\Temp\??? The folder will be of the date that Acrobat DC was downloaded and the installation failed. Size aprox 1+GB; Try searching for the string "Acrobat_DC_Web_W*" if in doubt 2) Make a copy of the above folder. 3) Goto Download Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Official Microsoft Download Center and click Download. 4) Select vcredist_x86.exe and vcredist_x64.exe and download the packages. 5) Go to your windows folder. Locate ALL copies of the files msvcr120.dll and msvcp120.dllin ALL sub-folders of windows!     These locations will hold copies of the respective dlls for sure : "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\" and "C:\Windows\System32" 6) Rename all of them changing the filetype .bak, just in case. You will need Administrator priviliges to do so! ! ! 7) (Re)-Install the vcredist_x86.exe and vcredist_x64.exe packages by double-clicking. IF priviously installed opt for REPAIR. 8) Locate the setup.exe in the backup folder of the Acrobat DC installation and execute it. Choose trial licencse while installing. DONE. ... View more