I might be the only one in the world experiencing this, but it seems to me that Adobe Acrobat and a lot of the other Adobe programs seem to hijack my computer. I removed it from my computer. But I had to get an ACI document that they sell, and it requires Adobe acrobat so they can protect the PDF I guess. Anyway by the time I downloaded the document I had Adobe Acrobat back on my computer, over riding my regular PDF software. They also installed Macafee antivirus on my computer, which conflicted with my present antivirus. I don't think I accepted Macafee antivirus installation. It took two tries to get it off my machine. I call them (American Concrete Institute). They said that they heard of this problem, but they have intention of changing anything at this time. I am wondering if it is just me making mistakes on installation rejecting options to give them access, like a lot of other installations seem to try to do with things like default browsers.
Bluebeam Revu.
Coming from Adobe I was skeptical at first, but once I got over the initial learning curve, I really liked it. Still liking it five years after switching.
We use Bluebeam Revu here and love it! I've used it for 5+ years with little to no issues and pretty user friendly to boot! Highly recommend!
T. Nelson - SAM
"I am wondering if it is just me making mistakes on installation
rejecting options to give them access, like a lot of other installations
seem to try to do with things like default browsers."
Unfortunately, it is likely you making mistakes on rejecting changes. But don't be too hard on yourself, it seems like these software companies are getting sneakier and sneakier about where they put all the pre-selected check boxes that you need to opt out of.
Yes, you probably clicked through an opportunity to uncheck a box. We all do it.
If you google something like "setting default programs" you will get instructions to set what program will open when you double click on a pdf (or whatever else). It's pretty simple.
We have Bluebeam at work as well. It's a good program. I've also used Foxit, which worked well for about half the price of Adobe. My only objection to Foxit is that it is a Chinese product - security concerns - but I'm not sure that Adobe and Bluebeam aren't.
Cute PDF is an alternative and it is free.