I don't think you realise how frustrating this issue is. Where is my GPO to remove all of the Adobe Sign in features. We don't want any of it. If I want to share the PDF to a person, I want it attached by default, as do my 300 odd users. I don't want 300 tickets asking why do I need to sign into Adobe to then tell them - oh just slide that share slider off. Fix this piece of ****.

Arvind - that is a 3-click process - not a single click like it used to be.
First you click the mail icon, then you click send as an attachment, then you select your mail account then click continue.
It used to automatically go straight to email as an attachment with a single click on the mail icon.

This is ridiculous. You have replaced a one-click process with a three-click one. Why isn't there a send as email attachment button anymore? Your fix doesn't work (version 2021.007.20091) there is no option to turn off send as a link. I send numerous attachments a day and this is a stupid, time consuming change.

Any chance future releases can have a short cut key options associated with the email attachment function? I used to be able to complete this all from the keyboard which was much faster than having to click an Icon. The cumulative effect of having to switch back and forth between mouse and keyboard is a loss of efficiency over time.

Omgoshhhhh! Are you kidding me with the 12 thousand steps & sign ins to send a basic attachment through webmail on adobe!?!?!?!?! I don't use adobe alot & haven't for awhile now...just because of this kinda crazy! Over the years I had used other programs for any needs I had because it was always too difficult to navigate for newish users/occasional users. As well as always changing & not the into the future techie useful changing. I'm talking about unnecessary, someone just trying to keep their job a little longer so threw out whatever crazy idea they had that morning changing! To send a simple attachment via email/webmail, I had to open up in localhost(per adobe), give adobe permission (get this,lol)to access,read, write,send & delete all my email in my gmail account(!), access all my contacts,change,edit & delete all my contacts,then sign into my gmail account(even though I was already signed in)with verification code, then had to sign into my gmail 1 more time with a new verification code right before it would send with the attachment I wanted !!! Most ridiculous thing I've had to waste 30 mins of my life on....except for of course this rant I had to post for the poor unsuspecting person that just wanted to send a quick email with attachment. DONT DO IT....SO MANY OTHER PROGRAMS YOU COULD USE...THAT I SHOULD HAVE USED

This response is unacceptable. You changed the software I've been using to make it so that now it desperately tries to get me to use Adobe cloud systems to share documents. This should not require a registry change to put it back to normal. Business users like us don't want to have to go to every computer that received this update and make registry changes in order to get it so the owner of the company doesn't have to click 3+ times for something that used to take 1 click. The default should be to work properly. Your "unified" sharing experience should give me a one time, ask what I want to do with a "do this without asking in the future" checkbox, like it used to. Simple, explainable, and something that doesn't require I.T. intervention to fix for end users.

Make things more complicated, make us work in the application instead of in our work... Adobe increasingly follows the Microsoft style

I can't "Fill & Sign" and then send like I used to be able to. The PDF must be saved first.

I opened a pdf from a different email, didn't save it and re-mailed it without saving.

Not sure why your's is differnt.

Thank you,

I would say it is 95% fixed. You still have to save the PDF before you can email it; that was not necessary before. But the fix is much better than it was.
Thank you.

I followed the instructions and it worked on my side.

Thanks again Arvind

Plus you need to exit/close Acrobat Pro and then reopen.

The fix did NOT work on a MAC

It works, just make sure you download the right registry fix. you need the Acrobat Pro DC. Not Acrobat Reader DC

For everyone commenting below, I am followed the instructions in the "Resolved" answer above and it changes your windows Registry so that clicking the little mail icon DOES change it back to a ONE STEP process to create an Outlook email with the file attached.

Thank you Arvind! This is exactly what I needed :)

This is NOT resolved! I followed the PDF instructions - still have a three step email process. Adobe - PLEASE RESTORE THE ORIGINAL FUNCTION!!!!

This is terrible. I do not want the PDF sent to the cloud. I want the attachment sent as an attachment.

Please restore one step send e-mail from e-mail toolbar button. No time to waste going through additional steps in side menu

I thought they had fixed it, but it isn't fixed. You still have to save the PDF before emailing which is no help at all.
Maybe I will start sending files with Word instead of converting them to a PDF.