The pdf file is Portable Document Format which has been developed by Adobe. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a free PDF file viewer for Windows. In this file, we can store both text and images. Sometimes the Adobe software gets corrupted in your system so many problems arise. Many times in your Windows computer, the ‘PDF File Not Responding’ occurs as soon as the PDF file is not open. Let’s look at ‘How to Fix Adobe Reader PDF File Not Responding or Not Opening File’.
Find the file extension (in your case this may be.txt,.doc,.pdf etc.) in question under this key in the registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer FileExts. Deleting the sub-key with the same name as the extension you want to remove default file association will delete the default file association.
How To Fix Adobe Reader PDF File Not Responding Or Not Opening File
Suppose that Adobe Reader’s set up in your system is corrupted, then we should first repair it. Open Adobe Reader for this and click on ‘Repair Acrobat Reader’ in Help Menu.
• Then right-click and press extract • You will then run the setup • From the list, you need to click on any Adobe Software you want to patch • Find and open Amtlib.dll and go to C Drive> Program File> Adobe Done What does AMTEmu / Universal Adobe patcher 2018 do: • It easily activates all the versions of Adobe CC2018, 2017 and earlier. After this, go to This PC, and then Downloads and finally the Compressed Folder.
If you do not fix the problem after repairing Acrobat Reader, then go to Help Menu and click on Check for Updates.
Update Acrobat Reader DC or Acrobat DC
Now you can remove the old Adobe Reader version by the acrobat cleaner tool. Click on the link below and download the acrobat cleaner tool and run it.
After opening the acrobat cleaner tool, click Next.
acrobat cleaner tool
Just click Accept.
Select the product in the system and remove it. In my system, there is adobe reader so I select reader and click on next.
Choose The Product to Remove
Now click on ‘Clean Now‘ and remove Adobe Reader’s Old Version.
The Adobe Reader Cleaning process has finished
Cleaning process has finished
Now enter the following command at a command prompt.
Enter the id as per the following product in LogLevel.
ProductId Identifies the product:
0 = Acrobat (Default)
1 = Reader
After following the cleanup process, go to the following path in the C drive and delete the Adobe folder
Now go to the registry according to the following path and delete the Adobe key.
Delete Adobe Key
Also Read- Most Useful Microsoft Windows 7 Registry Tips and Tricks.
After all the above processes restart the system and install adobe’s new version.
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