Adobe Reader 9.3 has stopped working

Do you have anything in event log, related to Adobe?

Same problem here.  I have disabled all non microsoft services and all but acrobat stuff in msconfig/startup and still no success.  I have also used RevoUnistaller Pro to cleanup after unistalling and then reboot before re-installing and same problem returns.  If you hold down the SHIFT key when launching acrobat it works fine.  But i'm not sure WHY?
I have even reinstalled display drivers etc as some others have suggested and this had no visible effect.

This is a newly built clean system with all the Microsoft updates applied and only really Office 2003 Installed.

I found the problem on mine.   When it loaded the first time (after a start/restart) then the red Adobe loading screen shows it is trying to load an plugin *.api file from the plugins folder.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins

If you hold down the shift key when loading or rename this folder your problem will go away because the plugins will not load.

In my case the cluprit was that the all the plugin API files in this folder where duplicated with *(1).api file names which is what can be seen in the image I have included.

My solution was to remove (delete) all these duplicate plugin API files and all is now fixed.  I am not sure how they got there in the first place.  Probably through some inadequate install/unistall process.


Adobe-Acrobat-9.3-Stopped-Workin.jpg

Upon reflection this is probably a flawed update process that duplicates these files.  Hope it helps many others with this problem.

I have no *(1).api files.
Penelope

OK...Did you test to see if Acrobat loads with the shift key held down or if you rename the "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins" folder?

Also if you have Acrobat Pro and Reader then this may be applicable
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2566457

Hello Roddines,

phantastich solution for something I have been carrying around for years!! How can I increase your points from 250 to 500?