Could Not Launch Acrobat

im on a vista trying to download a pdf but the site gives me an error that says that it 'could not launch acrobat', then after i click the 'OK' button, the middle of the window says 'missing plug-in' so im confused as to what to do can someone help me?

Are you asking about Acrobat or Reader? Are you saying that since you installed Reader, Acrobat will not open? If this is the case, then you are running into the issue of why Adobe recommends against running both Acrobat and Reader. It can be done with care, but often causes problems and becomes a major problem for uninformed users.
For Reader questions, you should go to the Reader forum. There has not been an Acrobat Reader product since AA5, and even then it was not Acrobat.

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I'm running Firefox 2.0.0.6 with Acrobat Reader 8.1.1. When I click on a PDF on a web page I get the error "Could not launch Acrobat.".
The file "nppdf32.dll" is in the Firefox plugins folder.
If I double-click a PDF file on my hard drive, Acrobat launches fine.
Can anyone help?

>>Under Tools->Options->Applications, I have nothing for "Adobe" in my content Type. Any ideas how to get it to populate in there?
Assuming you have acrobat installed, this worked for me:
1. start acrobat (for me this was Acrobat Reader 8 )
2. help -> repair acrobat reader installation
3. stop and restart firefox
now I have entries for pdf and everything works again
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OS: Win7 Pro
Every time I exit Firefox, whether I view a PDF file or not, I get an error message, saying "Could not launch Acrobat."
I've manually gone Options, Applications and changed them to use Acrobat Reader, but the problem persists.
The only way I've solved the problem is to reinstall Firefox 3.6.16.
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Have no solutions to this problem been found? It seems many people have it. I get the error on start up and when shutting down Firefox.

Is "Acrobat plug-in -'Could not launch Acrobat' " a Firefox or Adobe issue?

When I link to a PDF / Acrobat file nothing launches and the dialogue box noted above appears. Is there something in Firefox I can adjust to allow the plug-in to launch? Or is this a question I should pose to Adobe? I am using the latest Acrobat plug-in.
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See if you can find a NPPDF32.DLL files in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\)
You can see the installed plugins on the about:plugins page.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aplugins
You can set the pref plugin.expose_full_path to true on the about:config page to see the full path of plugins on the about:plugins page.
It is best not to leave that pref set to true as it exposes that full path to web servers, so reset that pref to false after you are done with the about:plugins page.
You can open about:plugins and about:config via the location bar, like you open a website (about: is a special protocol to access some build-in pages).
If you get a warning when opening the about:config page then you can confirm that you want to continue.
See Manually uninstalling a plugin:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins

Kdcmond could not launch, after security update Nov 09,OS 10.5,Powerbook g4

Powerbook G4 will not boot past the grey screen with spinning wheel after latest security update from Apple.
In safe mode: kdcmond could not launch is reported.
I DO NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO INSTALLATION DISKS.
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No suggestions from anyone so I am giving up and returning the PC to IT. I will leave the thread open in case anyone comes up with any ideas for future reference.

8.1.2 "Could not launch" message: race condition at startup

(apologies for the cross-post; someone suggested that I post this in the Unix forum, so here it is -- I suppose it would have made sense to do this in the first place, I mustn't have been concentrating :-)
Hi,
I've recently upgraded our Sun Ray servers to Adobe Reader 8.1.2, and now every so often when browsing to a pdf document, Firefox says
"Could not launch Adobe Reader 8.1.2. Please make sure it exists in your PATH [...]"
This seems to be caused by a race condition at startup. The browser plugin runs "/bin/acroread -version", which simply echoes the version number and exits. When it's working, this happens:
25436: write(1, " 8 . 1 . 2\n", 6) = 6
25348/1: read(56, " 8 . 1 . 2\n", 20) = 6
25436: _exit(0)
25348/1: close(56) = 0
i.e. the string is written by the script and immediately read by the browser.
However, occasionally this happens:
23119: write(1, " 8 . 1 . 2\n", 6) = 6
23119: _exit(0)
23008/1: Received signal #18, SIGCLD, in read() [caught]
23008/1: siginfo: SIGCLD CLD_EXITED pid=23119 status=0x0000
23008/1: read(58, 0xFFBFB5C0, 20) Err#4 EINTR
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I've inserted a "sleep 5" after line 11 of the /bin/acroread script to try to alleviate this, but I haven't tested it fully.

Hello Ian,
Thanks for reporting this. We will try to address this issue in the next release as you have stated a valid race condition issue (though it's difficult to reproduce).
Gaurav

After Effects error: Could not launch Adobe Analysis Server (515) ( 25 :: 101) *POSSIBLE FIX*

Hi. Im New to the forums so sorry in advance if i do something incorrect
Since my Purchase of Adobe CS6, I was not able to use dynamic link, or the plugins that required you to connect to the Adobe Analysis Server (3d Tracker, Warp Stablizer ETC) It would always give me the error
After Effects error: Could not launch Adobe Analysis Server (515)
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*Before attempting any of these fixes, make sure you reinstall CS6 Using the Adobe Cleaner*
This guide is for Windows OS Only.
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I know you have probably heard this over and over again, but this is mainly the cause of the problem. Some Anti-Viruses even when disabled, go into some sort of one eyed open mode, where it still monitors your computer ever so slightly, so you may want to uninstall the anti-virus. As for the firewall,
1) Go to your start menu search "Check Firewall Status"
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captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm running the latest version. Just installed yesterday.
You can download and install the latest version (and older versions) of versions 11, 12, and 13 from Adobe right now. That is why I was asking for the exact version number with decimals. Just the other day, someone said they were running the latest version and they weren't aware that CC was even a thing. They were running version 11.0.3 (which isn't even the latest version of CS6 - it's 11.0.4). That's why I always ask.
captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm on a Mac so I don't have anti-malware, or other security software running.
That doesn't seem like a good idea. While there can't be anything technically referred to as a "virus" on the Mac OS (due to the underlying structure), there can be (and are) malware variants out there that do attack machines running the Mac OS. As Apple products have grown in popularity, developers have been creating more and more malware aimed at OSX.
I certainly hope you at least have your firewall running.
captain_astronaut wrote:
I tried launching Premiere yesterday and it crashed.
This points to a much more serious underlying problem. Thousands (if not millions) of people are running Premiere and After Effects on Macs. What sort of error messages did you receive when it crashed?
Try installing version 12 of AE and the previous version of Premiere as well and see if they run.

DW8 "could not launch Macromedia Contribute "

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Could not launch Adobe Stabilization Server Error

Hey Guys, I'll take you down the road I've been traveling on for the past few hours.
- Installed CS5.5, everything runs smoothly for the first hour, then I close After Effects,
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Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the new Warp Stabilizer. We did have a couple reports of this exact problem during beta testing, but were never able to get it to reproduce for us, or even for the beta testers that experienced the problem.
Some steps/questions:
0) Take a screenshot of all your running processes using Activity Monitor and Cmd-Shift-4.
1) What are your _exact_ steps to reproducing the problem (there are many ways to invoke the stabilizer, for example)?
2) Did you successfully use Warp Stabilizer before on this machine? (I see you already used it on 7D footage successfully)
3) Does it still happen after you quit & relaunch? (with no other apps running)
4) Does it still happen after you reboot & relaunch?
5) If it still happens, try turning Multiprocessing on in the prefs, click OK to dismiss the dialog, then bring it back up and turn Multiprocessing off, and OK again. Then stabilize. Does that help?
If you get it working, please repeat step 0, then post both pictures comparing before & after.
Thanks,
DaveS (Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems)

Could not launch the Adobe stabilization server.

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No other application should be blocking the process. It's usually TCP communication interrupted by either Firewall or other security software.
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I'm on a
2009 Mac Pro
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32 GB RAM
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captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm running the latest version. Just installed yesterday.
You can download and install the latest version (and older versions) of versions 11, 12, and 13 from Adobe right now. That is why I was asking for the exact version number with decimals. Just the other day, someone said they were running the latest version and they weren't aware that CC was even a thing. They were running version 11.0.3 (which isn't even the latest version of CS6 - it's 11.0.4). That's why I always ask.
captain_astronaut wrote:
I'm on a Mac so I don't have anti-malware, or other security software running.
That doesn't seem like a good idea. While there can't be anything technically referred to as a "virus" on the Mac OS (due to the underlying structure), there can be (and are) malware variants out there that do attack machines running the Mac OS. As Apple products have grown in popularity, developers have been creating more and more malware aimed at OSX.
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captain_astronaut wrote:
I tried launching Premiere yesterday and it crashed.
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Try installing version 12 of AE and the previous version of Premiere as well and see if they run.

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