Adobe Acrobat on Windows 8.1

Anonymous
2014-02-12T14:54:24+00:00

Installed adobe acrobat 7.0 pro on windows 8.1 machine. Everything seemed to install correctly but when I try launching the program i get a message:

Acrobat.exe - application error

The applicalication was unable to start correctly (0xc00000fd). Click OK to close the application.

Please help!

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Anonymous
2014-02-27T14:20:17+00:00

I have just waded through all of those updates 1 at a time and if you un-install KB2917929 it will solve the problem. Believe it or not Microsoft call it a compatibility update!!!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-04T11:32:31+00:00

    I have the same Acrobat 6.0 starting problem. Unfortunately, I cannot find update KB2912829 and of cannot uninstall it. Any other update that I should uninstall to solve my problem. I installed Win 8.1 and it had the Acrobat compatibility since first installed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-17T14:21:11+00:00

    Tried to install Acrobat 8.0. The installation aborted because a ddl file needed admin privileges to access a folder. Altough Acrobat 7 can't work in Update 1 the installation works fine.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-16T13:16:51+00:00

    I've windows 8.1 update 1 installed, with all microsoft update up to yesterday. I've tried all those tricks you suggested and at least I uninstalled all updates except KB.....355, which is obviuosly required for Update 1 to be working but Acrobat 7.1.14 can't start at all. I've got the same message error. I hope someone can find the solution or

    I hope Microsoft releases a patch either but I don't have much confidence that to happen, since Acrobat 7 is too long no longer supported...

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-10T16:25:54+00:00

    tried but will not fully uninstall

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