Adobe Acrobat Pro Crack Installation

[Jacinda Saleeby]

FYII ran into this for the first time today. Error C136 at 72.1% - tried 'retry' three times, would not move past 72.1%. Per another user comment, I check my print spooler service - it was started. I restarted it, then chose 'retry' again...installation completed.

Feb. 2021 - Same issues everyone else was having with installing and then erroring out with error 136; thank you to everyone; stopped print spooler - set to manual - started print spooler - clicked Retry it installed and is working. Thank you everyone for the hours you've spent on this, I've been there before with other troubleshooting, it was nice to find a fix so quickly this time!

5 years later and this is still a thing. Unbelieveable!

what worked for me was Uninstalling Acrobat, then deleting the Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC folder. It may not let you delete a sub folder or two, just rename them to whatever you like 'useless adobe installer' perhaps

Then install Acrobat again from the hideous CC app.

I cannot get this to install on my Surface Pro 2 running Windows 10. I did have it working fine but uninstalled it a few weeks ago due to a lack of internal storage, however I now need it again (and there's enough storage).

This is what I did, I have 3 T drives , I had adobe set to install most of the programs to a spare drive that I use for storage, I went and changed it to install to my system drive and so far it has gotten farther than before (its extracting the installation) hope that is a solution someone can use.

You may also have to be sure you are logged in as the administrator and have anti-virus disabled. In one case (one Win 7), I actually had to activate the Administrator account due to a permissions issue. I could probably have changed the permissions on the associated folder, but activated the Administrator account instead.

Guys is there a CLEAR way to resolve this issue? It is frankly ridiculous that I have to go through and try many "possible solutions", most of which are complicated and extremely long-winded. I appreciate you guys are trying to help, but I am left confused.

Hi there, I was having the same issue and after 2 days of digging was able to resolve it by changing the registry value for "DisablePatch" from (1) to (0). It can be found here... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer

I just bought Adobe Acrobat Pro DC from Amazon. I was able to verify my purchase and get an official serial number. However, whenever I attempt to install using the serial number, the installation process stops right before the end and displays this error:

That is where I found the Adobe Licensing Repair Tool, which I have already downloaded and run. Also that link seems to apply to users that are having problems with the licensing stopping on installed software. I cannot even get the software to install in the first place.

Scared to death to deliete the entire Adobe registry. I have thousands of PDF documents in client files and I'm worried they will either disappear or fail to open-and all the Tools will be eliminated for combining, editing, etc.

3 )Please follow the steps at: -us/kb/223300/ to enable installer logging and share the msi log from %temp% directory (log file name is MSIxxxx.log). [I have sent you my email details via private message]

The combination of AdrianSchool's and Chetna's suggestions worked for me--but after taking these steps I had to restart the computer. Then it worked perfectly. You guys saved me a trip to the computer shop. Thanks so much!

Guys! you're great! I lost almost one day trying to solve the same problem when finally I've found your post! I did what you said, I removed everything single trace of Adobe on my computer, did the repair etc etc etc and finally my Acrobat Pro is back! Thanks a lot guys, many thanks for your help

I was unable to continue with Chetna's additional suggestion to also rename "c:/users/username/appdata/local/adobe" because no such entry existed in that /local/ folder for me. Not sure if that makes a difference.

In any case, I am now no longer able to use even the outdated version of Acrobat Pro DC that I was using before, and for which I am paying monthly. I was able to download and open Acrobat Reader, at least. Bare minimum. I need the paid features for my business!

Downloaded and installed Adobe Acrobat Reader DC just a few minutes ago. There was absolutely NO option to download without the McAfee Secure Connect and Scanner software bundled - only the option for the Chrome Plugin. Installer started, and it force installed the McAfee software, without my consent.

Yes, I could uninstall both McAfee products that were force installed (and I did), however, this is beyond an agregious act by Adobe. How the f%^k do you think you have the right to install additional software without *explicit* consent? And no, some deeply buried blurb in your T&C's for downloading Adobe Reader don't count.

SMH.

=TTGWL47M is the URL you are directed to from adobe.com when you click "PDF & E-Signatures" on the top menu bar, then "Acrobat Reader", and then click "Donwload PDF Reader". This is the flow from the Adobe home page.

I want to add as well that this same explanation is given in other threads on the same topic - "oh the check boxes are there, here's a screenshot", and it's the same outdated screenshot used again and again.

It's not just the geo-location. I got different results while on the same laptop on the same couch in the same home in the same browser with different types of browser sessions (one while logged into Google, another in a Guest session).

Somebody coded the different scenarios; a software developer has zero incentive to do this because they're just paid to code. Somebody up the chain made the decision to code these different scenarios for some reason, otherwise they're complete idiots that don't know how to do their job. The scenarios look completely intentional though, and a middle manager has no incentive to do this either. The decisions were made at the top, and I'd like to know how intentionally deceptive they were being while making that decision.

I don't know what determines the difference, but... it's dishonest behavior for Adobe to install software from another party without telling the user or giving them the option to opt out. Right now McAfee should be considered PuP by Microsoft just because of Adobe's behavior here.

This is what installs McAfee. Stranger still, the exe file deletes itself after it's done... I'm not aware of any other install file I've ever had on my computer that deleted itself after installing except for a virus.

Who knows what else McAfee has done to my system? I uninstalled two apps with its name (in Add Remove Programs in Windows 10), but apparently I need to also remove Registry keys... this is an invasion of our privacy, and completely non-consensual. What's been done to our systems? Adobe's a billion-dollar company. They don't need to resort to these scammy, scummy, lying behaviors.

I don't know what to believe from Adobe anymore. What about you as an employee? Are they lying to you? What are the users having done to their systems with these files? Maybe a real techie needs to investigate...

It doesn't need a techie -- it needs an attorney. It's not a matter of what file is installed where and what that it does; it is a matter of forcing you to install an application without your permission.

A technical investigation is needed by an attorney or someone willing to sue Adobe for misadvertisement or non-consensual installation of two software products that are not specified before downloading is set in motion (by button click to new page load), with no opt-out checkboxes on a normal download page (as in, a typical scenario for most people hitting the page).

I'm hoping someone more technically educated (or equipped) or that has more time will trace it and expose what's happening somewhere, either here or on Reddit or on some infosec website like Krebs on Security (he'd love knowing how and why this is happening).

Right now I consider this deceptive installation to be at minimum PuP (or Potentially-unwanted Software) - at least based on my experience with Microsoft's Windows Defender warnings for typical PuPs - and at maximum spyware or malware considering it looks like McAfee automatically scans your files after installation (without user activation), and Adobe installs an extension to Chrome which I accidentally activated when the Enable box popped up while my pinky was headed for the Enter key (and that extension has full permissions to all data on all websites you have open, so who knows what it saw until I deactivated it and uninstalled it).

By the way, I reported the extension as malware because it behaved like previous malware that I've had on my computer (auto-installed and scanned data without my willful permission). I've completely installed anything Adobe and McAfee from my computer because of this scummy behavior (which should be beneath Adobe, since it's typically how financially-desperate or crooked software distributors behave). It really makes Adobe look pathetic, like Gollum grasping for his precious ring at the edge of a volcano. Companies this big should keep dignity present, not smear scum all over themselves and everyone else that touches them.

Installed Acrobat Reader on spouse's PC. THERE ARE NO CHECKBOXES. NO OPTION to exclude McAfee apps. It was excruciating to uninstall/delete all the McAfee files. I hope I did not miss any.

OUTRAGEOUS!!

Hopefully a legal case can be made against this behavior so Adobe can start behaving rationally with users with this app's download. Right now I won't be using Adobe/McAfee because of this foul behavior, but that's of course not going to stop the behavior.

Here we are in 2023, and Adobe has not shown interest: McAfee is still there, and there is no option to include it or not. Hasn't the issue of including unwanted software been run through the courtroom before?

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