I can no longer open PDF files on my PC. I'm running 6.0 Reader on WinXP. It started fairly randomly one day, when I would click a link to a PDF, it would just hang. On task manager the AcroRd32.exe process would peg the CPU usage to nearly 100%. I've left it for over 10 minutes, and it still it never gets anywhere. I can end-task it fairly easily, but I've still not been able to look at my file.
I tried saving the file to disk, and opening it manually, rather than inside a browser, same problem, I get the splash screen for AcroRd and nothing more, the process just hangs again.
I tried downloading the 7.0 version of Acrobat, and it didn't change a thing, so I uninstalled it completely, and reinstalled, and still no good. Tried going back to 6.0 again and still no good. Strangely, when I have reinstalled, I am able to open the Reader the first time and view a PDF but when I go to close Reader, it then hangs and any subsequent attempts to launch the program also hang.
Any ideas on why this may be happening?
Thanks!
Cosmo
Reader hangs and pegs CPU usage!
2007-09-04 06:15:41
My Product Information:
Reader 6.0.0, Windows
Reader 6.0.0, Windows
2007-09-04 16:59:40
#2
Also, try running a registry checker program....you may have a bunch of system wide programs that are "expressing" themselves with the Acrobat program.
Check file associations in Windows.
Check the system registry for duplicate references of Acrobat or Reader.
Run a system restore to a date Reader was working properly.
Check system requirements for installing Acrobat.
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