for Windows Vista and version 0.9.7 provides support for Windows 7. Starting with version 3.0.0, PDFCreator ended support for Windows XP. Starting with version 4.4.0 there is full support for Windows 11. Editions PDFCreator is open source and freeware. The code can be downloaded and modified. In addition to PDFCreator Free there are three commercial editions. All of them allow administrators to predefine specific settings centrally with the easy management of user groups. PDFCreator ProfessionalThis version can be installed silently in Windows domains, which is not possible in PDFCreator Free. PDFCreator Terminal Server It has been developed for the use on Windows Servers with installed Remote Desktop Service and on Citrix Servers. Print jobs can be assigned securly to separate user sessions. Only one license key is needed per terminal server and it is valid for an ulimited number of users. PDFCreator Server This works as Windows service application. It allows the central management of settings and users for administrator. Additionally, it lets the user share PDFCreator printers in their network, auto-convert without user interaction and it offers high performance through multi-threading. Adware toolbar controversy Between 2009 and 2013 the installation package included a closed-source browser toolbar that was considered by many users to be malicious software. Although technically an optional component, the opt-out procedure used to be a two-step process (prior to version 1.2.3), which was considered by many to be intentionally confusing. In addition to the spyware activity described below, the toolbar allowed one-click creation of PDFs from the current webpage and included a search tool. As of version 1.2.3, the opt-out procedure only required unchecking one checkbox during the installation process. Starting with version 0.9.7 (February 2009), PDFCreator included an adware toolbar. The end-user-license agreement for PDFForge Toolbar by Spigot, Inc. (versions prior to 0.9.7 have a different, optional toolbar called "PDFCreator Toolbar"), states that the software will: Pdfforge, which created PDFCreator, wrote an FAQ entry regarding the toolbar that stated: Since that time various versions of PDFCreator have included adware toolbars and other software with the installer, which many virus scanners identify as problematic or undesired software. In March 2012 the company announced that the toolbar had been discontinued with version 1.3.0. The company stated: As of 23 March 2012, PDFCreator included the MyStart toolbar by Incredibar. On 13 June 2012, PDFCreator once again included another controversial bundled software package, which tests as spyware, called SweetIM.