Adobe Acrobat Reader

Here’s the deal: Adobe Acrobat Reader XI keeps freezing up on me every single time I try to open it—even though everything was working perfectly fine just a little while ago. I went ahead and did a full reinstall, but it didn't change a thing! It's the exact same mess; not only am I unable to actually view any PDFs, but the program itself hangs up the moment I even attempt to launch it. I need some help here 😢

Amy Phillips40 said:Here's the issue: my Adobe Acrobat Reader XI keeps freezing every single time I try to open it (even though it was working perfectly fine until just recently). I tried reinstalling it, but no luck—it's the exact same thing. Not only can I not get my PDFs to load, but the app itself freezes up the moment I launch it. Any ideas? 😢

Maybe give a different PDF reader a shot. Personally, I've been using Adobe Acrobat Reader, but there are plenty of other options out there...

Amy Phillips40 said:Here is the issue I am facing: my Adobe Acrobat Reader XI freezes up every single time I try to open it, even though everything was working perfectly fine just until recently. I have already tried reinstalling the software, but nothing has changed; not only can I not view any PDFs, but the application hangs immediately upon launch. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? 😢

Might I suggest installing an older version like Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5 instead? 🙂

http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Man, I am losing my mind here with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Honestly, it doesn't even matter which version of Adobe Acrobat Reader I try to use—they all suck. Every single time I open the app and try to click on anything, I get this stupid "stopped working" error and the whole thing just crashes instantly. I've already tried a full reinstall, but nope, absolutely nothing helps. It's driving me crazy.

I actually sat through this tutorial, but there's no point because the second I attempt to click something, the program just kicks me out to the desktop.

I'm running Windows 8.1.

I’ve had nothing but headaches with the DC version on both Windows 8.1 and 10. It kept throwing this annoying DLL error at me. Basically, I’d manage to open my first document without any issues, but then? Boom. Just a constant stream of errors related to that same damn DLL until I finally gave up and rebooted the whole computer. Anyone else deal with that mess?
Turns out the issue was just their security sandbox acting up. All you gotta do is head over to Preferences -> Security -> Settings -> Security and toggle off "Enable Protected Mode at startup." Fixed!
I haven't got a clue how much that actually messed with the security, but hey, at least it’s been running perfectly ever since...

I used to rely on SumatraPDF back in the day, but lately I've just been using Microsoft Edge—both are perfectly fine for handling PDFs if you don't need anything too fancy. I'm running Windows 10, by the way. Give those a shot and see if they work for you.

I used to rely on SumatraPDF, though lately I've just been using Microsoft Edge—both are perfectly fine enough for handling PDFs. I'm running Windows 10. Give those two a shot and see how they work for you.

I’d personally suggest checking out this PDF viewer if you need something that actually handles editing quite well, too. We put this software through its paces at a firm using it on over 50 workstations, and honestly, we never ran into a single glitch. It’s free to use, though you can grab a license if you want to unlock some of the more advanced features.