Install Adobe Reader And Acrobat On Same Machine
Kian Trip
As of late 2022 this was no longer possible - installing the 2nd app automatically unbinstalled the 1st app. Sometimes, a log in to the Reader app with a licensed user account automatically triggerred an install of Standard and an uninstall of Reader. That seems to be the the issue here.
I am not against Acrobat Standard or Pro (S/P) having Adobe Reader as a subset of the main program but I am against having to be logged into Acrobat S/P in order to view a PDF file. I have a couple of general use computers that several people use that have no Acrobat S/P licensing and only need to view PDF documents. They are not able to unless someone with a license is available to login. Other times users with credentials use these same computers and require the full ability of Acrobat.
That's fair, and another great example of how Adobe is causing unnecessary issues for their paying and loyal customers.
I have resorted to uninstalling 64-bit and then installing 32-bit versions of both applications and that is working, for now.
But I hope Adobe will allow users to install just the 1 app, Standard, and all the Reader features to be available without logging in.
I should qualify that by admitting I have encouraged our unlicensed users to create a free account and login to Reader just to save their signatures so that they can respond to our internal "please Adobe-sign this" requests.
But that's only because auditors like to see invoices with a big clumsy "Approved" stamps and a squiggle that looks like a signature next to it, when an simple email with "I approve the attached invoice for payment" would provide a superior audit trail. Oh well.
Finn OMahony
That's a regrettable position for Adobe to take, since it opens the door to 3rd-party PDF apps gaining larger market share. I have some users with Enterprise Adobe IDs to create/edit PDFs in Acrobat DC, but most users only need to quickly view/print PDFs with the Reader. If Acrobat Pro DC and Acrobat Reader DC cannot exist on the same device, that means it will be simpler for most people to use 3rd-party PDF viewers/printers (or let Microsft keep pushing Edge as the default for everything) -- and over time those users will get used to 3rd-party apps and stop perceiving Adobe products as familiar and useful.
I work with Financial Regulators and they have forms that we are required to fill in and that needs Adobe Reader to open and i can not edit them with Acrobat. while I have the Acrobat subscription I am forced to keep install and uninstall Adobe Reader /Acrobat as per the requirements, which is a pain.
I use Acrobat reader for confirming operation of above to how a user with Acrobat Reader only would view the documents and be able to manipulate. Also some PDF documents are stored in our database which prefers Acrobat Reader to be present.
seems like installing reader and pro 32 bit versions fixes the problem of not being able to install both. Though I imagine the 64bit version would work better or faster than the 32. Especially for things like compare pdf.
No it does not work, those files need only need Adobe Reader to Export to xfdf file for submission and wont let me use the pro version. There was a time I had both installed on my PC, but not anymore. Trying to figure out.
Amal, adding to the discussion some more. I have been using separate installations of Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC on the same machine. On updating to a new computer, installing Actobat DC resulting in reader uninstalling. I use Reader to test that funcationality is working properly in Reader on forms created in Actobat DC... something I am unable to do on the same machine if Reader is unistalled by default.
What about SHARED computers where SOME users are licensed for Acrobat and SOME are not? Previously we could install both apps and the licensed users could use Acrobat and the unlicensed users could use Reader. Now one set of users will need to use a non-Adobe product. Very inconvenient.
Also, if Reader is a subset of Standard and Pro, why not allow unlicensed users to login to Standard and Pro and access only the free tools they'd get in the free READER version? That way both sets of users could use the same app.
via DC customization wizard? In my admin console, there is almost no option to customize the download at all.
How y'all handling the updates? Eversince the registry keys are set the automatic updates won't work tho.
Adobe is forcing me to deploy Foxit to view PDFs because we bought Standard licenses for 10 % of our users. I don't see the logic behind this. If the goal is to push for the purchase of licenses for all users, it won't work.
I'm definetely checking if Foxit allows parallel use of Editor and Reader in RDS environments.
This is critical to forms developers, and anyone who uses Pro to make documents for others to use with Reader. It's also critical to trainers who need to demonstrate the differences between Reader and Pro, which is impossible to do with 3rd party apps (Foxit etc.) so we resort to using screenshots (boo) -- now impossible to make ourselves because if we have Pro, we don't have Reader. I have resorted to using a different computer (on which is installed Reader only) to create movies or screen captures.
We have purchased 3 licenses for Pro for our organization for those who need those features. We have a couple of users who only need Reader (all of our other users use a competitor to Pro, because we need unrelated functionality of theirs).
One of the Reader-only users' installations corrupted recently. I uninstalled completely and then reinstalled their Reader. Adobe automatically upgraded them to Pro. They never had Pro to begin with. Adobe must have recognized the same public-facing IP for the company and decided to treat all company users as subscribers. That is insane! If they think we will now be forced to subscribe for that user to continue reading PDF's, they are even more insane!
It appears (a guess) that Acrobat Reader, Standard, and Pro are now all the same application with features unlocked for paid versions. But there is still the problem that Standard and Pro users need to be able to use the limited Reader features at the same time they're running Standard or Pro for checking/testing their PDF work or for other reasons. Also, for some users, different features (Reader vs. Pro) for different logins on the same computer.
Our document management software is not compatible with the 64 bit version of Reader or with Acrobat Pro. Users are not able to view PDFs if they can't install the 32 bit version of Reader alongside Acrobat Pro.
I, like others on this thread, need to use Acrobat Reader for training, testing, and demonstrations. I use Acrobat Pro every day, but without being able to use Reader separately, I cannot be certain that the solutions I've developed (e.g., forms) will work as expected. I also cannot demonstrate to my students and clients the differences between these two products. Adobe, please support your users and how they are using your products. It's bad enough that your products need to be purchased via subscription, which is very expensive (worse in Canada because it's 35% more up here due to the strength of the Canadian dollar), but to take away a functionality that professionals have relied on for years is short-sighted. I'm appalled, really. I'm currently checking out alternatives (FoxIt) to recommend to my small business clients as alternatives because Adobe doesn't seem to be listening to its professional customers.
That's why each of the estimated 2 billion users of Adobe Reader secretly gets an almost complete version of Adobe Acrobat DC installed, so that they can be constantly bombarded with ads in order to update to Pro at the touch of a button.
The greedy shareholders of Adobe have done a few lines of math and got a staggering billion dollar sign in their eyes after fantasizing that X percent of the hundreds of millions Average Joes and Plain Janes who use Adobe Reader to read their eBay invoices could be persuaded to subscribe to Pro.
UNBELIEVEABLE!!!! You can no longer choose which version of reader to use when you have a paid pro subscription. Tried uninstalling pro and downloading and installing acrobat reader but if won't let me. WTF? Really?? When I'm already paying for a service you should allow users to choose which version they want to use to open a PDF
There are literally hundreds of queries about this exact same problem posted online over the last TWO YEARS, with no less than a dozen workarounds offered by various contributors that only worked for a handful of people. It is BEYOND ABSURD that Adobe has not fixed this yet. It is also ridiculous that both of these apps supposedly must be installed in order for PDFs to show up in the Windows File Explorer preview pane again like they used to. This should be enabled for ANY version of Acrobat, whether it is the Reader or Acrobat Pro. The entire Adobe user community would like to have Adobe's explanation for why this has not been fixed, and I shall be giving it a 1-star review everywhere until it is fixed.
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Hi - I have been a CC subscriber for years, so haven't had the need for Acrobat Reader in some time. I have a client I'm designing a fillable form for, and would like to be able to view it as she will see it using Reader - so that I can walk her through the steps. If I attempt to install Reader, it automatically detects that I have Pro already installed and won't proceed. Is there a way to have both apps installed and active at the same time?
Be kind... well, be kind and stop having us create accounts just for user voice too. Obviously, you don't want to really hear from folks, but would rather put us through hurdles to keep things quiet so you can report to the higher-ups that things are so good that there aren't many complaints.
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