Acrobat X fails to start

I've installed Acrobat X along with the CS6 Design Standard. I've never used it though. For reading PDF documents, I also installed the newer Adobe Reader XI. Today, I wanted to edit a PDF document so I started Acrobat to open the document. I worked fine once. I could save the document and the form was pre-filled in Adobe Reader. But the second time I opened Acrobat, it suddenly disappeared without a trace after a few seconds. Since then, it doesn't even start anymore. The process starts but immediately ends again. Nothing in Windows' event logs. Rebooting Windows doesn't help either.
Do I have to re-install Acrobat? Do I have to re-install Windows next? How can I find out why the heck this application doesn't do anything for me? And why is it always Adobe software that causes such pain?
Windows 7 SP1 x64, Acrobat X Pro 10.1.7 (according to Windows software list)

Hi dg9ngf,
Please try this:
Issue: Nothing happens when you launch Acrobat X 30 days after installing a CS6 suite.
Solution: Re-activate Acrobat through another Suite product:
Launch another CS6 application, such as Photoshop.
Choose Help > Deactivate.
Follow the onscreen prompts to deactivate.
Close the application.
Launch the same CS6 Suite product again.
EULA comes up. Accept.
Sign in with your Adobe ID to register trial. Quit and re-launch application.
Trial dialog comes up. Click on License this Software button in this dialog.
Sign-in with your Adobe ID to register.
Provide CS6 Serial number next. Click Next.
Quit application.
Now Launch Acrobat X
Let us know if this helps!
Kind regards, Stacy

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Went backwards through the forum topics until I found a similar post with this solution http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/acrobat-failed-launch-30-days.html
Now Acrobat X launches correctly.

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I was going about the process to set up the 32-bit chroot so I could use Adobe Acrobat on my system, but systemctl failed to start the service. Output of "systemctl status arch32.service" is as follows:
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/arch32.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2015-05-29 18:10:29 EDT; 11s ago
Process: 1295 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
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May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Starting 32-bit chroot...
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Failed to start 32-bit chroot.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service failed.
output of "journalctl -xe" is as follows
-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service failed.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1242:62178 (system bus name :1.65, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authen
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer sudo[1241]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:09:51 the-enforcer /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[517]: Activating service name='org.gnome.Terminal'
May 29 18:09:51 the-enforcer /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[517]: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Terminal'
May 29 18:10:02 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/arch32 stop
May 29 18:10:02 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:10:03 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start arch32.service
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1290:70456 (system bus name :1.66 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], o
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Starting 32-bit chroot...
-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has begun starting up.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Failed to start 32-bit chroot.
-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service failed.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1290:70456 (system bus name :1.66, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authen
lines 1322-1364/1364 (END)
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[Unit]
Description=32-bit chroot
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/arch32 stop
[Install]
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#!/bin/bash
## User variables.
MOUNTPOINT=/opt/arch32
## Set MANAGEPARTITION to any value if /opt/arch32 resides on a separate
## partition and not mounted by /etc/fstab or some other means.
## If /opt/arch32 is part of your rootfs, leave this empty.
MANAGEPARTITION=
## Leave USEDISTCC empty unless you wish to use distccd from within the chroot.
USEDISTCC=
DISTCC_SUBNET='10.9.8.0/24'
## PIDFILE shouldn't need to ba changed from this default.
PIDFILE=/run/arch32
start_distccd() {
[[ ! -L "$MOUNTPOINT"/usr/bin/distccd-chroot ]] &&
ln -s /usr/bin/distccd "$MOUNTPOINT"/usr/bin/distccd-chroot
DISTCC_ARGS="--user nobody --allow $DISTCC_SUBNET --port 3692 --log-level warning --log-file /tmp/distccd-i686.log"
[[ -z "$(pgrep distccd-chroot)" ]] &&
linux32 chroot "$MOUNTPOINT" /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/distccd-chroot --daemon $DISTCC_ARGS"
stop_distccd() {
[[ -n "$(pgrep distccd-chroot)" ]] &&
linux32 chroot "$MOUNTPOINT" /bin/bash -c "pkill -SIGTERM distccd-chroot"
case $1 in
start)
[[ -f "$PIDFILE" ]] && exit 1
if [[ -n "$MANAGEPARTITION" ]]; then
mountpoint -q $MOUNTPOINT || mount LABEL="arch32" $MOUNTPOINT
fi
dirs=(/tmp /dev /dev/pts /home)
for d in "${dirs[@]}"; do
mount -o bind $d "$MOUNTPOINT"$d
done
mount -t proc none "$MOUNTPOINT/proc"
mount -t sysfs none "$MOUNTPOINT/sys"
touch "$PIDFILE"
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && start_distccd
stop)
[[ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ]] && exit 1
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && stop_distccd
if [[ -n "$MANAGEPARTITION" ]]; then
umount -R -A -l "$MOUNTPOINT"
else
dirs=(/home /dev/pts /dev /tmp)
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && stop_distccd
umount "$MOUNTPOINT"/{sys,proc}
for d in "${dirs[@]}"; do
umount -l "$MOUNTPOINT$d"
done
fi
rm -f "$PIDFILE"
echo "usage: $0 (start|stop)"
exit 1
esac
Any ideas as to what's going on?

I was going about the process to set up the 32-bit chroot so I could use Adobe Acrobat on my system, but systemctl failed to start the service. Output of "systemctl status arch32.service" is as follows:
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/arch32.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2015-05-29 18:10:29 EDT; 11s ago
Process: 1295 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1295 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Starting 32-bit chroot...
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Failed to start 32-bit chroot.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
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output of "journalctl -xe" is as follows
-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service failed.
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1242:62178 (system bus name :1.65, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authen
May 29 18:09:07 the-enforcer sudo[1241]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:09:25 the-enforcer sudo[1258]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:09:51 the-enforcer /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[517]: Activating service name='org.gnome.Terminal'
May 29 18:09:51 the-enforcer /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[517]: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Terminal'
May 29 18:10:02 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/arch32 stop
May 29 18:10:02 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:10:03 the-enforcer sudo[1281]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: shaun : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/shaun ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start arch32.service
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by shaun(uid=0)
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1290:70456 (system bus name :1.66 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], o
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-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has begun starting up.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
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-- Subject: Unit arch32.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Unit arch32.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: Unit arch32.service entered failed state.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer systemd[1]: arch32.service failed.
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer sudo[1289]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
May 29 18:10:29 the-enforcer polkitd[309]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1290:70456 (system bus name :1.66, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authen
lines 1322-1364/1364 (END)
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[Unit]
Description=32-bit chroot
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/arch32 start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/arch32 stop
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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#!/bin/bash
## User variables.
MOUNTPOINT=/opt/arch32
## Set MANAGEPARTITION to any value if /opt/arch32 resides on a separate
## partition and not mounted by /etc/fstab or some other means.
## If /opt/arch32 is part of your rootfs, leave this empty.
MANAGEPARTITION=
## Leave USEDISTCC empty unless you wish to use distccd from within the chroot.
USEDISTCC=
DISTCC_SUBNET='10.9.8.0/24'
## PIDFILE shouldn't need to ba changed from this default.
PIDFILE=/run/arch32
start_distccd() {
[[ ! -L "$MOUNTPOINT"/usr/bin/distccd-chroot ]] &&
ln -s /usr/bin/distccd "$MOUNTPOINT"/usr/bin/distccd-chroot
DISTCC_ARGS="--user nobody --allow $DISTCC_SUBNET --port 3692 --log-level warning --log-file /tmp/distccd-i686.log"
[[ -z "$(pgrep distccd-chroot)" ]] &&
linux32 chroot "$MOUNTPOINT" /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/distccd-chroot --daemon $DISTCC_ARGS"
stop_distccd() {
[[ -n "$(pgrep distccd-chroot)" ]] &&
linux32 chroot "$MOUNTPOINT" /bin/bash -c "pkill -SIGTERM distccd-chroot"
case $1 in
start)
[[ -f "$PIDFILE" ]] && exit 1
if [[ -n "$MANAGEPARTITION" ]]; then
mountpoint -q $MOUNTPOINT || mount LABEL="arch32" $MOUNTPOINT
fi
dirs=(/tmp /dev /dev/pts /home)
for d in "${dirs[@]}"; do
mount -o bind $d "$MOUNTPOINT"$d
done
mount -t proc none "$MOUNTPOINT/proc"
mount -t sysfs none "$MOUNTPOINT/sys"
touch "$PIDFILE"
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && start_distccd
stop)
[[ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ]] && exit 1
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && stop_distccd
if [[ -n "$MANAGEPARTITION" ]]; then
umount -R -A -l "$MOUNTPOINT"
else
dirs=(/home /dev/pts /dev /tmp)
[[ -n "$USEDISTCC" ]] && stop_distccd
umount "$MOUNTPOINT"/{sys,proc}
for d in "${dirs[@]}"; do
umount -l "$MOUNTPOINT$d"
done
fi
rm -f "$PIDFILE"
echo "usage: $0 (start|stop)"
exit 1
esac
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The Hard-drive exists because I was able to back-up files from HD through (Lenovo Rescue & Recovery Rescue files). So there is a hard-drive.
I don't know what to do next?
Last resort is to Factory Restore via either the Lenovo R&R or Windows Vista Recovery Disks (neosmart)?
Will I still have windows?
PLEASE HELP!

Hi, Josemne
Yes, if you can restore the system through Rescue & Recovery, then you will still have WIndows on your machine, but all your files will be deleted from the hard drive. Luckily, you have already saved those files elsewhere. I would recommend trying to restore the system and see if that works.
Best,
Adam
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