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Whenever I open Adobe Reader by opening a .pdf
file on my system (Windows 7 x64) if the Internet connection is not available (no connection at all, or even wrong Internet settings, like a proxy that is not there), Adobe Reader will work for about 1 sec, then freeze for 8 sec or more, after which it will work normally.
When Internet is enabled, it freezes for less than 1 sec instead. No CPU activity, no network activity when Internet is disabled (of course), and memory load is 80 MB during the freeze, out of 100 MB when it finally starts to work.
To me, it is a distinct signature of a network process that conditions the execution of the entire application. Adobe is looking for something on the Internet, and won't allow any action from the user, even a scroll, until it's finished, or sure that the resource is unavailable, by...waiting for the timeout. And I'm waiting for that timeout too. Every time I open Adobe Reader after it was completely closed.
I've seen something about recently used files that are on an unavailable network location. I've tried reducing the recently used file list to 1 in the preferences/document menu, but this does not affect the complete list of recently used files, only what is displayed in the "file" menu.
None of the other answers (disable protected mode at startup, disable automatic authentication of signatures at startup, disable everything that required an automatic network action from adobe that I could identify) worked for me. The only thing I can do to work without this annoying interruption is to let the Internet on all the time, which is sometimes impossible.
If anyone has the REAL explanation to that problem, I would be very grateful. What is Adobe Reader looking for on the net that is so badly necessary that it has to stop functioning at all at startup until it finds what it's looking for?
Thank you for your help!
Have you also deactivated the Welcome screen? – Max Wyss – 2014-07-08T06:38:54.313
+1. This is exactly the problem I've been getting the last few months; as I don't let Adobe products talk automatically out to the internet. Internet access suggests feature bloat frankly. – LateralFractal – 2014-10-30T06:33:59.853
1N.B. I've submitted a bug report to Adobe. As they use a completely opaque submission system, I've got no bug tracking number for you. Remains to be seen if the problem gets resolved. – LateralFractal – 2014-10-30T07:44:08.943
@MrBody Can you remove the last edit from your question and make that an actual answer? You can answer your own questions on SU, and you can even mark them as the correct answer afetr 48 hours. – Jan Doggen – 2014-11-06T10:25:42.203
@MrBrody - you should add your Edit as an answer instead, and mark it as 'accepted' so that other people know what worked for you – Robotnik – 2014-11-07T00:42:08.750
possible duplicate of Adobe reader slow opening pdf files
– HaydnWVN – 2014-12-03T15:17:51.253