Adobe PDF Printer crashes when pasting in the filename field

Greetings, first off there is no similar problem with any freeware pdf printers so I want to rule out my system config as being the culprit. This only happens in Adobe PDF.
How to reproduce the problem? Have something in your clipboard and try to paste it into the filename field when printing the file as a pdf - you should have now crashed whatever you were trying to print and the program behind it.
Please make a fix for this, it is ridiculous that I have to install a second, freeware, pdf printer because thousand dollar software is not working properly. And I have lost tons of receipts and work this way.

I'm having a similar issue, on windows 7, 32 bit desktop system, using Windows Live Mail, with Acrobat X standard:
Any time I try to "print to pdf" an email, just attempting to enter a file name for the pdf (no cut-and-paste), the dialogue box freezes, I can enter several characters, then the keyboard just freezes, the dialogue box becomes unresponsive. WLM ends up crashing. My work around is to not attempt to specify a name, just go with what Acrobat supplies, typically some thing like 00008.pdf. Then edit the name, and/or location, within Windows Explorer.
I've tried repairing the install, believe that actually worked, a few months back. Tried again today when the problem cropped up again, but repairing the install didn't help.
This has been ongoing for me for some months now. Not situation normal. Don't want to be snippy, but seems like tech support response is VERY slack...

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