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2009-10-30 04:52:52
nokkerfor
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
Answered

When opening a PDF in Acrobat Professional 8, multiple files open, one after the other until the "maximum number of files are already open" warning box appears shutting Acrobat down. Anytime I try to open a PDF on my Apple, or online, this rapid fire opening of past PDFs starts and ends with the "maximum number of files" warning. Any solutions?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.7, Macintosh
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2009-10-30 10:31:48
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lkassuba
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Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Have you tried repairing your Acrobat installation?

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2009-10-30 12:02:16
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nokkerfor
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
No - I have not reinstalled - I have a CS3 Design Premium Disk Set and I am not sure how to reinstall only Acrobat.
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2009-10-30 12:05:06
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lkassuba
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Try Help > Repair Acrobat Installation.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2009-10-30 12:09:50
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nokkerfor
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
Thank you -- I cannot open Acrobat. Upon opening this rapid fire opening of past PDFs starts. Then the Program shuts down after opening the Maximum amount of PDFs. Any other suggestions? Can I delete Acrobat and reinstall??
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2009-10-30 12:12:38
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lkassuba
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Sure, you can try reinstall Acrobat to see if it corrects the problem.

What OS are you running?

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2009-11-07 05:15:38
#6
nokkerfor
Registered: Oct 30 2009
Posts: 6
I FOUND THE SOLUTION!
I stumbled upon a fix!!!!!!!!!!!
After all the files stopped opening, and the warning sign appeared, I continually click on the warning OK button until it stopped. Then I closed each and every open PDF until I had closed them all.

The I went to File/Open Resent File/History/Clear History ... and that was the solution!

Because all the files that were opening were ones I had recently done, I got to thinking, was there a way to clear out the History, and IT WORKED!!!!

I hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
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2009-11-11 07:01:52
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lkassuba
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Thanks so much for posting your solution.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2009-11-13 22:13:50
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wolfgangkaml
Registered: Nov 13 2009
Posts: 1
nokkerfor wrote:
I FOUND THE SOLUTION!
I stumbled upon a fix!!!!!!!!!!!
After all the files stopped opening, and the warning sign appeared, I continually click on the warning OK button until it stopped. Then I closed each and every open PDF until I had closed them all.

The I went to File/Open Resent File/History/Clear History ... and that was the solution!

Because all the files that were opening were ones I had recently done, I got to thinking, was there a way to clear out the History, and IT WORKED!!!!

I hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
Actually, for PC that is, there is a much easier fix to that: I have a machine with 8GB RAM and hence Adobe won't stop opening files for a long time... it went on and on and on...
The way out:
Open Taskmanager and kill the process "Acrobat.exe".
Open the registry editor and delete the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\\RememberedViews\cRestartFilesin my case that was:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\RememberedViews\cRestartFiles

After deleting that key, problem solved.
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2010-03-10 10:07:15
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sagannon
Registered: Mar 10 2010
Posts: 3
thinking deleting history is only a temp fix and not a long term solution. must be another underlying problem
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2010-06-03 11:19:43
#10
sally53
Registered: Jun 2 2010
Posts: 2
I am having the same problem on my Mac OSX 10.4.11 with Adobe Reader 8. It is incredibly frustrating. I recently scanned a bunch of documents into PDF files on my computer. Now whenever I click on anything that is in pdf format on the internet, every PDF that I recently created opens up in rapid-fire. Then I have to individually close each one before I can do anything else. The suggestion above does not work with Adobe Reader 8 -- the only thing that happens when you click on "open recent file" is that I get a list of recent documents created -- there is no "history" or "clear history" menu item. Help!!!

Sally53

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