Adobe Acrobat X looking for AdobePDF.dll during installation

Posted on by yieunjae

I ran across this issue today while installing Adobe Acrobat X on a Windows 7 64-bit PC.

I followed these steps taken from the link below – this KB applies to Acrobat 8 but also worked for the newer version, Acrobat X.

Windows 7 64-bit version

Manually extract the file “adobepdf.dll_64” from the data1.cab file before installing Acrobat. When the prompt appears, navigate to this file and select it.

I think you can right-click and save the target from the link above. 

  • Navigate to the folder that contains the setup.exe file for your Acrobat X installation.
  • Locate the file “data1.cab” and open it – I used 7-zip because it is free – (you sometimes need a  third-party compression utility, such as WinZip, to extract the file).
  • Inside the content listings, locate the file “adobepdf.dll_64” and copy it to your desktop.
    Rename the filename from adobepdf.dll_64 to adobepdf.dll
  • Browse to desktop and locate the file you just copied
    I was not able to change the dropdown for type selection.
    Note: If the file cannot be selected, change the file type drown down in the dialog box to “Files of All Types.” Or, rename the file to “adobepdf.dll” by removing “_64” from the end of the filename extension.

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-file-adobepdf-dll-needed.html