Reader won't open

Adobe Reader 11 XI downloads and installs correctly. Will not activate on Dell
studio Slim Desktop Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 (4mb 2.5 GHz 4 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM Windows 7 Why?

Try...
Using Windows Explorer navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader, then double-click on Eula.exe and accept the license agreement
Can you open Adobe Reader by itself? If so, try disabling Protected Mode [Edit | Preferences | Security (Enhanced)].
It could even be a malware issue; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/reader-core-dll-error.html

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Adobe Reader won't open

just posted a long question (1st time on this forum) & been sent here after creating a username - do I really need to re-type everything all over again or can someone there see it?
just in case.....
Adobe Reader won't open - I eventually get a message saying there is no default mail client & telling me to run Outlook & set it as the default mail client (I'm not going to do that). I then get a message saying that Adobe is not responding. Uninstalled & re-installed & problem persists.

Since you mention Outlook, I assume that you are on Windows. Here are some things to try...
Using Windows Explorer navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader, then double-click on Eula.exe and accept the license agreement
Can you open Adobe Reader by itself? If so, try disabling Protected Mode [Edit | Preferences | Security (Enhanced)].
If you cannot open Reader by itself, try to disable Protected Mode in the registry; download, unzip, then run the attached registry script
It could even be a malware issue; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/reader-core-dll-error.html
philwhitesides wrote:
just posted a long question (1st time on this forum) & been sent here after creating a username - do I really need to re-type everything all over again or can someone there see it?
There are multiple problems with these forums, and unfortunately things like that happen all the time (to all of us).

Adobe reader won't open on iPad after recent update

After most recent update, adobe reader won't open on my iPad. I have lots of docs that I need to get to. Please help.

This forum is probably the best you can do. We're now on the weekend, and Adobe engineers don't work 24/7. When they return on Monday and see the reports, they'll work to fix it. The update will need to be submitted to Apple and then approved for an update.
Note that there are other apps on the App Store which can read PDFs.

Adobe reader won't open, even after re-download

adobe reader won't open because of error - NEED PDF READER NOW!!!!!!!!!

The reason is Adobe has not updated there software yet to play well with Mavericks. The fault is of course with the Adobe Software. I suggest you go to there web site and see if they have a fix yet for there software, If not all you can do is continue to check back with them or get on there fourms and see what others have to say about this same issue.

Reader won't open any files. It did last week.

Ok so I opened a pdf with My windows 8.1 reader and printed it fine, but now I come to do it a week later and the reader won't open anything. I just click on it and nothing happens. No error message, nothing. It's not just this one file, the
reader doesn't seem to want to work at all. had no problems with it so far but the thing I need to open has to be in the post soon! eek!

Ok so I opened a pdf with My windows 8.1 reader and printed it fine, but now I come to do it a week later and the reader won't open anything. I just click on it and nothing happens. No error message, nothing. It's not just this one file,
the reader doesn't seem to want to work at all. had no problems with it so far but the thing I need to open has to be in the post soon! eek!
get the adobe reader, seems to work better
see the store to get it free
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Reader won't open docs. mac. error message.

Reader won't open any docs. Error message "Adobe Reader could not open (file name) because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged . . . ." Mac system 10.7.5.

Ok, it's probably how you save the files.
DON'T use Save from the File menu in Safari
DON'T use any save icon in a safari toolbar
Use only
1. Right/ctrl click on a link to a PDF BEFORE showing it, save from the pop-up menu (no good if the PDF comes from a button, and in some other cases)
2. Hover to get the ADOBE toolbar and save from that.

Reader won't open after install - Macbook Air, Chrome

Hello, After downloading the reader (seemingly successfully), it won't open. Downloaded via Chrome OSX on a brand new Macbook air. Adobe's help section advised redownloading the program again. When I did so, I received this message after going through all steps (including deleting the original download from the computer). Have tried a few times now, with same result:
When I click on the installer on my desktop, it repeats the exact process described above. Any ideas?

Hi laurenr67230747,
You indicated that Reader won't open, so it sounds like you did get it installed (as indicated by the message in the installer as well). What happens when you try to launch Reader? Do you receive an error, or does nothing happen when you try to open it?
Have you tried removing Reader before running the installer again?
Best,
Sara

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(Had to step away & do things) I can't even open up the Adobe Reader application to uninstall; get message it won't open. And now have more things needing to be downloaded to print. Any ideas on how to open the app, so I can uninstall. I have a MAC OS X 10.9.4 When the installation initially failed I received this message from Adobe, " Adobe Reader Installation Error Package name Adobe Reader xi (11.0.07) Installer: installing abase path/installer: The install failed (The install encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.) It did not specify what the error was

Adobe reader won't open PDF file

I have Adobe Reader 9 and Windows 8 on a Dell computer. When I try to open a PDF file from a website it sends me to my Library on my computer and won't open the file. If I try to open a PDF file from my Desktop, it opens OK. What can I do to fix this?

Do you use Firefox' own PDF viewer, or the Adobe Reader plugin? See http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html

Adobe Reader won't open after successful installation??

Hi guys,
I recently installed the latest version of Adobe Reader for my Macbook Air and even got a confirmation that it was successfully installed and everything and yet when I click on its icon, it just won't open. Usually with Macs, the application icon will bounce up and down as the application is loading or waiting to open but the Adobe icon just moves once then stops, and nothing happens. It would say that it is "open" because it gives me the "quit" option when I right click on the icon. I've tried downloading it again twice but it still won't budge and worst of all, it doesn't give me any clues as to what is wrong with it or what I can do about it.
So if any of you know a solution, please let me know and thank you in advance!

Moving this discussion to the Adobe Reader forum.

Adobe Reader won't open pdfs. Message : Fatal Error: Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server.

What can I do to restore my Adobe Reader to working order. Worked fine yesterday. Today, won't open any pdf docs in Adobe or saved on the computer. Message keeps popping up: Fatal Error: Acrobat failed to connect to a DDE server.

DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange, check this threat
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1877300#1877300

Adobe reader won't open file

Bought a new computer last Jan. since then Adobe won't open files , tells me : either not a supported file
or file dammaged / eg. sent as an email , not correctly decoded. Can you help. ML

Please provide a detailed description of your problem. Platform? OS and Reader versions? Where are those files? How are you trying to open them? Could you open them before?

Adobe Reader won't open PDFs

Why do I keep getting an error message when I try to print a PDF with Adobe Reader? It says that I have to sign the user agreement. I have already done this at least 10 times....

The ikon appears on my desktop ok. But when I click on it I get the following message:
Adobe Reader could not open "Paul Voigt and Edison Bell.pdf" because it is either not a supported
file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and
wasn't correctly decoded.
I get this message every time I try to use Adobe Reader!
Doug

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I have an issue on a Windows 7 PC using IE8 and Adobe Reader 9.3. While viewing a PDF file in Reader, and clicking on a URL link in the PDF, nothing happens unless a browser window is already open. It doesn't matter if the browser is Firefox or IE8, although IE is the default browser. When no browser is running, nothing occurs, not even an error or Enhanced Security message. I've verified that the "Create links from URLS" is selected.
Any ideas?
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Possible workaround...
1. Create a local iPhoto Library - to do this open iPhoto while holding down the Option key. Give it a unique name and save it somewhere.
2. When you are not connected to your home network, open iPhoto with the Option key held down, and select your new local Library. Then open iMovie.
iPhoto remembers the last Library open, so as you move in and out of your home network you will need to change the iPhoto Library (following step 2 above) based on your location.
hope this helps,
-mike

Adobe Reader won't open automatically when clicking on online form link

I created a form in LiveCycle Designer, reader-enabled it, and then it was uploaded to a university website for students to access to apply for graduation from an advanced degree program. However, when students click the link, the dreaded "Please wait...If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document. [...]" appears. In the top right corner of the browser, a little button that says "Open with different viewer" is also displayed, which has to be pressed and then Adobe Reader has to be manually selected to open the form...the problem is that students are not aware of the button in the corner and simply believe the form is not working properly. To avoid the many frantic student calls as they get the "error" message, I was wondering if there is a way to upload a form to default to the Adobe Reader, without having to set this on every machine individually. I don't know much about the website portion of this project, so any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If this is something that could be set on the form end itself (although I am not sure how you would), please also let me know. I have attached the screen shots with the first error message and the button in the top right and the selection for the viewer that comes up after pressing the button (once you select the reader in this step, it opens just fine). If there is any additional information I should provide to solve this problem, just let me know.
The form is linked online at http://www.uccs.edu/Documents/graduateschool/CORRECT%20Application%20for%20Admission%20to% 20Candidacy%208_22_14.pdf
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the issue.
Kristin

You are using either the built-in Mozilla PDF Viewer or the built-in Chrome PDF VIewer and have a LiveCycle Designer XFA form being viewed. You need to configure the web browser accordingly.
XFA-based PDF forms on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
There are are probably registry entries available for setting this up in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, but I don't know them and have not seen them posted on any vendor site. Then again, I haven't looked either.

Reader won't open when opening PDF file from third application

I need help. Adobe Reader (11.0.06, running on a fully updated 64bits Windows 8.1) only opens "raw", not when supposed to open itself to open a PDF file. In other words, when I click Adobe Reader's shortcut, it opens, but when I double-click a PDF file it does not, unless it was already open that way.
When that happens (i.e., when I open a PDF file and Adobe Reader doesn't start), I check on Process Explorer what is going on. What I see is a parent process ran from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Documents\file.pdf" and a subordinate process ran from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --channel=172.1.761882444 --type=renderer "C:\Documents\file.pdf", eventhough no window exists, of course. When this is happening, even to open Reader through it's shortcut I have to kill both processes first.
I have already repaired the installation and nothing changed. Then I uninstalled it, rebooted and reinstalled fresh, and nothing changed either. I don't know what else to try. Can anyone help?
(Is there any info I can provide, some log or debug, etc.?)

Could someone download the pdf file and try it on Reader 9 and then on Reader X to see if they get the same results?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zkwdp8k6ij67hz/Check123.pdf
Thank you.

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