Sadly, the adware side of things is pretty much everywhere: you get ‘try now’ buttons, you’re offered to use powerful tools but later are asked to pony up some cash in order to actually use them, there’s even a ‘7-day trial’ button. In our review, we reckoned that “Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is one of the best free PDF readers for anyone looking to view documents and manipulate them in some way.” It’s simple, easy to use, and comes with all the basic features you need to interact with PDF files. If it wasn’t for the latter, Acrobat Reader would be a decent addition to your software library. The second is to convince you to upgrade to the paid version of the software (which, you’ve guessed it, has many more features, including the ability to create and edit PDF files). Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable package solves this issue.The top PDF viewer is designed with two purposes in mind: the first is to enable you to read and interact with PDF files (including adding annotations and even signing a document). If you choose either of the first two options you get a further error: You are offered three options the first two attempt to bypass the issue and the third aborts. This repack appears to install without any issues but when you attempt to run Adobe Reader XI Lite you get an error message (which makes no mention of Visual C++) and none of the offered options allows the application to run.Īdobe Reader cannot open in Protected Mode due to an incompatibility with your system configuration. With a clean Win10 install there are NO versions of the Visual C++ Redistributable package installed. it needs to be the x86 version - the 圆4 version is only used by 64bit applications. you are looking for 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable' (you do need the 2010 version) In some cases you will get a helpful error message if a non-compatible Visual C++ runtime is installed - but in other cases you just get a cryptic message that does not identify the cause of the failure.Ĭheck your installed programs list (Control Panel->Programs & Features )

However you MUST have the Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable runtime installed or the Reader will not start. this repack is compatible with with all versions of Windows from WinXP to Win10. this repack is my standard install for all the computers I maintain.

I much prefer the classic GUI of this version over the new DC version

Adobe reader xi for windows 10