Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc Update

[Cecile Lilien]

Ive noticed that since the Adobe Acrobat Reader v2023.001.20064 upgrade, the 'Remember current state of tools pane' not working. Each time I close the tools pane, and then select the 'Remember current state of tools pane' option, and close Adobe, then next time I open that or any other PDF the Tools pane shows up. The option seems to be broken, and not persisting. Has anyone else found that to be the case, and is there a working solution to the problem?

Yes, I am experiencing the same, very annoying, behavior. I have checked 'remember current state of tools pane' and closed the tools pane--but it reopens everytime I open a pdf. The option is still checked so it seems to not be working. Just close the stupid tools pane!

This is certainly a bug in the "New Acrobat" but I'm guessing that Adobe hasn't admitted it yet? I found a tip about reverting to the old Reader on Reddit: _pdf_in_acrobat_reader_without_tools_pane_open/

I'm skeptical, because the new version is ignoring the user's choice to "Remember current state of tools pane" and the tools pane uses up a LOT of space until it is closed/minimized. Yes, I'll be happy to file a feature request, but I still contend that it is actually a bug, because we shouldn't hav to disable the New View in order for the software to respect our "Remember current state of tools pane" choice.

I am also experiencing the same thing. I use Windows 11 and have selected the "Remember the current state of Tools pane" but it keeps coming up every time I open a new document, it wasn't like this with the previous version. My current version is 2023.003.20244 and it's just frustrating to constantly close the tools pane all the time. I don't need it! Please let us know if Adobe has made changes to this.

We are actively working on all the currently unavailable features, such as customizing the All Tools pane and retaining its current state from the Preferences. And we will address them with the highest priority.

I hope Adobe gets familiar with letting the users decide what makes them more productive. This tools pane showing is is horribly unproductive as users have to close it 99% of the time. It's just absolutely awful and backwards. "Familiarize yourself with being less productive", thanks a lot.

I would respectfully like to note to my friends at Adobe that decreasing accessibility is never an improvement. As someone who cannot use the computer quite like most people, this matters. If nothing else, please at least allow a key combination to disable the tools view that makes reading quite difficult. Using the mouse is not a pleasant activity for myself. Thank you for listening.

It's considered the premiere pdf software, but it has trouble just opening files, let alone more than one. Scrolling leads to system hangs. The program crashes periodically even when you're not really doing much that stresses it [Spam link removed by moderator.]

Honestly, been realizing how BAD of an app acrobat is lately. I have installed it on 3 seperate systems (PC, laptop, VM all with different configs/specs) just to see if anything changes. Nope, slow/buggy on all accounts, even my workstation that has an abundance of resources.

I find it unfortunate that a software company like adobe would have a product with such negative feedback and not have any fixes. Searching back on the internet, it seems like people have been thinking this for over a decade now..

Same here. If I'm reading pdfs, printing anything, filling out a document, I just use edge. It's snappy, simple, and gets the job done. Unfortunately, it does not do everything. For optimizing pdfs, adding in signatures, reflowing pages, making any major edits in general, I still have to use Acrobat.

The UI is also trash, trying to duplicate form fields requires that you zoom in over 200% just to be able to option/drag? None of this should be acceptable for a company as big as Adobe, but they don't seem to care. They just keep pushing Acrobat in the cloud instead of getting this pile of crap useable.

Everyone on the discussion thread is correct, Adobe Acrobat DC sucks. The "DC" must stand for Disfunctional Components, because there is more wrong with that software than there is that's right. I never thought I would like Microsoft Edge, but until Adobe gets its act together, that's my new default for opening pdfs. I can't fathom how a company like adobe is hoping to stay in business producing crap like this.

Posting here to vent my frustration. I used to be able to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to actually get work done. Now with Adobe Acrobat DC it crashes constantly, features are buggy & glitches out non-stop. It's pretty much impossible to use anymore. Way to go Adobe. Recommend burning this development department to ground and start over with new team. I don't know how they sleep at night charging good money for this rubbish.

Agreed. It's impossible to get a good work flow going anymore all due to Acrobat. I'm consistently having to reboot due to hard crashes and it's making work so furstrating espeically when on deadline and attempting to best utilize my client's budget. I'm spending more time dealing with software issues and it's curting into my billable hours. ADOBE please get it together! Spend some time getting your core products in a useable and stable state!

I think it's cause of the amount of money they spend on advertising. Almost every ad I get (besides political ads, I'm from Georgia) on YouTube is for Adobe Acrobat. First of all, I already have your product, Adobe, and secondly, I think it really sucks

OK!, I have had enough of the newest version of Adobe, which I thought was the "premier" . Turns out they can call themselves whatever they want. Necessity is the mother of invention! I've searched out other PDF readers and came upon one that truly rocks the socks off of Adobe, may they rest in pieces!

For my needs now, I have officially switched to PDF XChanger. There is a free version that completely wipes out Adobe, (even when it was on top of it's game.) This reader sizzles with large files, I run some pretty intensive, multi page Archetectual plans through it and it is so fast I have to be careful which page I hover over. I don't know about you, but Adobe lost me completely. I switched sides and am on board with PDF Xchanger for good. Adubie can go smoke it.

I have found my people. Adobe Acrobat DC is the bane of my existance. I have to use it for alot of different tasks. Usually there is only a 50/50 chance I will be able to complete a task without it crashing. Its hot garbage of a software platform. I don't know how its been almost 30 years since Adobe Acrobat was created and their software still doesn't work. I want to take over their software dev team pro bono just so I don't have to deal with this crap anymore. Get your together Adobe you are failing. Fix your product and fire your software dev leadership.

It is terrible. And the latest update of the "free" version doesn't even allow you to rotate a page! I also now use Microsoft Edge even though it has limited capabilities at least you can open many pdfs simultaneously without the whole thing crashing and you can rotate a page. Luckily my workplace has another program with a few extra features if I need to edit etc...

It is utter garbage. I had to create a series of "certificate" for teachers to give out to students. Sounds easy right, printable pages on the web. Oh but now we have to a make them accessible. Ha that is sooo painful in Acrobat. Gave up, talked those that be, just to do it in HTML.

I've been running on a newly built PC that could run laps around most of my other programs (Clip Studio, Toon Boom) but Adobe Acrobat DC happens to be its Kryptonite.

What makes me die a little harder inside is that the company is more focused on having you utilize its AI "assistant" and reminding you of their hip and wacky tools and options through their relentless pop-ups, instead of troubleshooting the core issues that cause horrible slow downs, text merging with other paragraphs constantly, and making simple tasks like importing graphics turn into an all out war. Like I just finished editing a resume that took me over an hour, and most of it was editing and sliding around text. Simple task work like that should only take around twenty minutes or less!

Hey Adobe! Maybe clean up the ancient, bloated , time sinking, and buggy dev coding that's likely still hiding dormant in your latest iteration of Acrobat before you go touting your A.I 'services'.

Does seem to be unanimous. Why isn't Adobe taking the hint? The problem is simple. Keep trying to enhance and update any software. But it rarely makes it better, just different, bloated and less reliable. There was a time long long ago, when programs were limited by memory (remember 128k). So programmers had to be parsimonious and efficient. No longer.

You download the original first release msi, then create a new folder and apply the patch to the msi, then create a transform file for the customized settings. Then push the new patched msi with the transform file using pdq inventory.

You can also use pdq inventory to clean up old versions of adobe reader that may cause issues. You can use the remote command tool and use the switches to silently remove only reader and leave acrobat alone. I have used this to clean up the mess that is moving from XI to DC. Ugh. Sometimes GPO fails due to some DLLs not being flagged for update or install. It is when I review the event log that i see these on the workstation. You then have to use the cleaner tool.

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