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I have been using the PDF printer for years on the same system (Windows Vista Business using Acrobat v8), but now it won't create a PDF document from any program (Firefox browser, MS Outlook mail, MS Word, etc.). I can start the print process, and it gets to the Creating PDF screen then finishes but doesn't show the results and no document was created.
I just downloaded a new version 8.2.5 but that didn't resolve the problem, so I uninstalled all and reinstalled the program from a disk, then downloaded multiple updates until I'm back to the current v8.2.5. The Printing Preferences were reset to print to the default Output Folder, and I changed that back to my usual location, though I've had to change that in the several locations offered but it's still not saving it; could this be related to the non-print issue?
The Printer is called Adobe PDF, the Driver is called Adobe PDF Cconverter. I thought maybe the Driver got corrupted but I can't find the Drivers on this site. Please help!

Hey Daniel,
Have you tried repair Adobe Acrobat DC?
If no, then please repair the installation under Help menu.
This could also happen due to an Adobe Acrobat DC installation file corruption. To resolve this issue :-
Uninstall Adobe Acrobat DC using the Acrobat cleaner utility.
Restart your computer.
Re-install Acrobat Acrobat DC Download Adobe Acrobat free trial | Acrobat Pro DC.
Let me know if the issue persist.
Regards,
Aadesh

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