How to Resolve Windows Viewer Adobe Acrobat DC November 3rd Update

Windows Viewer will randomly shutdown before displaying a document after Adobe Acrobat DC's November 3rd update. Follow the instructions below to work around this issue.

Add the keys below per Adobe's help article:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/latest-upgrade-of-acrobat-pro-makes-internet-explorer-crash/m-p/11591581?page=1


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown]"bDisallowDLLUnload"=dword:00000001

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral]"iDelayBeforeQuitBrowser"=dword:0001FA40

 

To automatically update the registry with these values you can copy the content below in to a text editor and save it as Adobe_RegFix.reg and then run it by double clicking it.  In order to install the registry entries you must run as an administrator.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown]
"bDisallowDLLUnload"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral]
"iDelayBeforeQuitBrowser"=dword:0001FA40