Resolving Slowness and Freezing Issues in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Are you experiencing freezes, slowness, or unresponsiveness with your Adobe Acrobat Reader? Here is the solution:

If you are experiencing slowness or freezing while opening and signing documents in Adobe Acrobat Reader, please follow the steps below to resolve the issue:

1. Open Adobe Acrobat Reader.
2. Navigate to Menu > Preferences > Security (Enhanced).
3. Uncheck the option “Enable Protected Mode at startup“.
4. A popup box will appear; click Yes to confirm.
5. Click OK to apply the changes.
6. Close Adobe Acrobat Reader and reopen it.

These are the reg keys in question that configure the policy:

Path (for Reader): SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown
Path (for Acrobat Pro): SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown

Reg Value Type: DWORD
Reg Value Name: bProtectedMode
Reg Value Data: 0

Following these steps should resolve the freezing and slowness issues in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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