Adobe Acrobat won't open

the program won't open. help

Hi Rahul,
Yes, thanks for responding. The program just wouldn't launch; it's been like this for a long time and I don't remember when it started. I just located the fix though. Here it is:
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/acrobat-failed-launch-30-days.html
This totally took care of it.
Kristine

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