Acrobat Pro 7 locks up when creating a PDF

I use Acrobat Professional 7 to create PDFs from AutoCAD .dwg files. I tried making one today after not using the application for a few months and it keeps hanging up at the same point. It says "Please wait, creating Adobe PDF" with a loading bar underneath it. The bar gets to full but it never finishes and the entire application locks up.
Google hasn't revealed much information about this problem aside from clearing the temp files which didn't help. Completely uninstalling and reinstalling didn't do anything, as well as restoring to 3 months ago (furthest restore point). Any help at all would be very appreciated.

1. Can you print to file with the Adobe PDF printer from AutoCAD? If so, can you open the file in Distiller to complete the PDF creation?
2. If the answers in (1) are yes, then check for the running task AcroTray. If it is not running, that is likely your problem. It should be in your startup menu as a shortcut. The exe file is located in the Distiller folder.

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