? My Adobe Reader X was is running perfect and last week I turned speech recognition on and opened Reader X and the error returned. I turned the Speech Recognition off, opened a pdf and the error went away. I meant to post a comment but forgot.
I'm curious, I will try your suggestion with SR on and see if it fixes it.
Yes, I do have Speech Recognition running. I've had it on the whole time.
Here's something weird. I've turned compatibility mode off and Reader X is not producing any errors.
I ran your suggestion with Speech Recognition on except I ran it using "Change Settings for All Users", and then selected 'never use compatibility mode' after running Adobe Reader....Worked great. I went back to the reader properties and unchecked "run in compatibility mode" to see if it would still work. It did even with SR running. Very strange. Thanks for the suggestion, good job!
OK >MDWETS:, the error is definitely Speech Recognition combination in 7 64-bit mode, but can you please explain your "solution". I do not understand what you mean by I ran it using "Change Settings for All Users." Ran which program, and how in a run mode did you get to something that said change settings in any program? Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to sound ill-manered, it is just, your solution sounds like it would have the most benefit, if it could understood how to get to it, as you seem to be running both Speech Recogniton and Reader at the same time. This is an important issue, as I have a user that does not have all of her fingers, and the Speech Recognition has been a real blessing for her.
Truthfully however,I am really sick of Adobe Reader X, this is just one of many issues, that it would do no good to rant about in this forum. I am seriously considering just bouncing back to reader 9, and disabling Adobe updates updates altogether. I oversee 27 users, and only 2 are happy or indifferent with Reader X. I have never seen so many different complaints on any of the Adobe products as I am getting now. This is an every other to every day occurance that I am getting called on various issues with this. I can't blame Microsoft this time (believe me, I would love to), as the older versions of Reader work fine with the Windows 7 64-bit. I don't really want to keep those however, as security issues are not fully fixed in older versions.
" I followed MDWets' fix completely and after installing Reader X, I was still getting the acrord32.exe exception error. This might be a issue between 32 bitand 64 bit Windows 7.
Then after doing this and starting Reader X, a dialog box came up asking about Protected Mode. I selected always turn on.... "
I used the Adobe Reader X (ARX) shortcut in my start menu. Any ARX shortcut should work, I'm guessing. If not you might want to use the AcroRD32.exe file. After right clicking on the link select 'properties', then select the 'Compatibility' tab. At the bottom of the dialog box there is a 'Change Settings for All Users' button. Note: if you are in a domain environment you may not see 'Change Settings for All Users'. Select this and make the changes mentioned above. If the problem is the same as SOADM and myself were having ARX will pop up a dialog box with radio buttons to select. Select always turn on or always leave off, or something similar. I can't remember what it said exactly, it never appeared again after doing this. Select ok to close the Adobe dialog. Run ARX via the shortcut or exe you made changes too. Close ARX and enable your speech recognition. Run ARX again to see if it will work with speech recognition. It should. If everything works you can go back to the Adobe Reader X link properties and reverse, or change back, the settings you previously made. I haven't had any other problems with ARX even after web updates....Knock on wood. Hope this helps.
Start Adobe Reader. If you get the error, that is alright, just click OK or Cancel to get rid of the annoyance for the final time.
Click OK in Preference window.
Finally close Acrobat, and your problem is gone.The Protected Mode is used in Acrobat Reader to help prevent programs/malicious code from making changes to it, however, Adobe did not foresee to install exceptions. Due to this, we either are having to make all these workarounds as listed in previous posts, or just turn the dang feature off. As responsible users, we need to let Adobe know that we are aware of the cause and want this fixed as soon as possible. They will need to install exceptions to the protection mode in order to keep us the everyday users and IT Managers from the headaches it involves. Please help by sending them an quick note on this subject.
PS This setting has to be turned off for each user by the way, or if you know how to set up advanced computer, or group policies, you can use the log text produced in Reader, (an option you have to turn on to get the log), which will tell you all the keys that have to be changed. I checked it out, and believe me, there are alot, and the changes are not for the faint of heart.
Itanaman Now - February 22, 2011 had the best solution for me. I am a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down. Everything I do his voice recognition command. I have Windows 7 running 32 bit. Since I cannot push buttons his remedy was the only one that worked for me. On top of that it was very simple. I had no fear about disabling the protection of the Adobe Software. They should solve the problem themselves, read their own forums and solutions and correct the errors in their programs. This obviously was a very common problem.
Thank you WishiKnew2. It amazes me that Adobe refuses to recognize this as an issue. The only response I have had from them, was that this was a problem caused by Windows, and not their software (after approximately a month of endless emails to them). That in itself aggravates me to no end, as the software in question was written after Windows 7 came out, and supposedly designed to work better with it.
You would think a company that rips people off, I mean has such a high price tag on all their products could at least take the extra time to fix issues, or even acknowledge the fact in the forums that it is an issue they are working on. Seems however, they cannot even be bothered with that. For this reason, I have personally begun looking into other solutions, and so far, I highly recommend Nuance PDF reader which is totally free, and has more features than ARX, such as being able to export to different formats, and use fill-ins for forms, and save them as well. It is also 100% free and kept up-to-date. Furthermore, they take a personal interests in their clients, and have always answered questions I have posed the same day (even for their free products). If they did not have the answer right then, they acknowledged to me that they had received my communiqué, and so far, have had an answer to the issue at no more than 3 business days. If you choose this route, you could easily say goodbye to Adobe for good, and probably will if you try it, as I have. I have totally removed ARX from my system, and have gotten my business clients to do the same. They love Nuance as much as I do.
I am sure this will probably be removed from the forum, but I hope you get a chance to see it before it does. (Adobe won't acknowledge problems, but they have no problems getting rid of posts that refer people elsewhere for cheaper software.
I am familiar with Nuance. I have Dragon 11 installed on my computer. You're correct. It is totally free, a simple download and easy to use. I have switched it over to be my default PDF reader. Thank you for the advise on fixing Adobe however. More importantly, thank you for your blessing request.
May God Bless you as well. I know him well. Now I know about PDF readers.
Dragon 11 is wonderful software as well, although, with Windows 7 I have been able to get by using it's speech just as well. I lose some of the features, but, overall, the cost is better (FREE, LOL).
Also, Nuance makes PDF Creator which is comparable to Acrobat X Standard, but only costs $50, compared to $299 for Adobe ($139 if you are doing upgrade). I really think more people need to make a stand against Adobe and let them know, we no longer think their business practice is acceptable to us. I know I have gotten 12 businesses to switch to Nuance so far, with the smallest seat count being 32. They not only love the price, but feel that Nuance is faster, (which indeed it is, as it uses so much less resources), but easier to get support for.
Adobe probably feels that since Acrobat Reader is free, they don't need to concern theirselves with support. Myself, if I have a free product on the market, I want to make sure not only that it is the best, but I also offer the best support on it, as that is the best way to have people get interested in purchasing products. Adobe fails to realize that people are more concerned these days with how well they are treated, how fast they can get service, and what the quality of that service is. Personally, I will pay extra for