Where did my Adobe PDF Printer go?

Just last week, I was printing to PDF's via Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc. Now I just went to print to PDF in word, or any of my programs and it's not there anymore. I can't seem to find it anywhere!I'm unsure of how to re-install it, someone told me I could re-install the driver on this website but I haven't been able to find the location.
Please help!
Thank you :)

I have the same problem with version 7.0 Professional the option to turn archives pdf I deactivate myself of all the programs, prove with reinstalar marinates but I do not work, tries to update the version but I have problems since it marks an error to me of verification of I number of series, somebody can help me?

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