Adobe Reader getting eaten by Acrobat and why it's a problem
So in my enterprise our primary application is 32-bit and requires Adobe and Office to function correctly. Part of this is that we need the 32-bit reader and the 32-bit O365 because the 64 bit versions cause compatibility issues. We used to circumvent this issue for the purposes of creating and editing PDFs with certain users by having 32-bit Reader as the default for our primary application and the standalone versions of Acrobat like 2020 and 2017 as a secondary program. Well adobe doesn't offer standalone Acrobat purchases anymore and they expire this year so we acquired a license to Acrobat 64-bit and tried installing it in tandem with Reader 32-bit. This did not work, Acrobat automatically cannibalizes Reader and I can't circumvent it. This stops my user from either using our company's primary tool as the 64-bit Acrobat breaks it, or tell the user they can't create/edit PDFs because we had to focus on Reader 32-bit being the only install geometry vibes. I'm not sure if anybody has a workaround, but when I tried to put Reader 32-bit back it told me it was already installed and deleted my .exe so I feel like I'm at a loss.