High Resource use with Adobe Acrobat Reader: A Solution
I have been experiencing slow downs on my desktop computer for a while now. I tried troubleshooting wizards and other things to no avail Then I came across this article discussing high resource use by Acrobat Reader even while inactive: Adobe RdrCEF.exe High CPU usage on Windows 11/10.
I tried the fixes suggested in that article and nothing changed. I vaguely having a similar problem maybe 8-10 years ago and switched PDF readers so I finally decided to use the solution I used back then. In my experience, Adobe products have always been resource hogs.
- Uninstall Adobe Acrobat completely.
- Install Foxit Reader (free version).
System Requirements
Platform Support
Windows
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
macOS
- macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, or macOS 12
Android
- Android 4.4 or higher (For users utilizing the AIP capability, Android 6 or higher is required)
iOS
- iOS 11 or higher
- Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 ~ 16.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x (64-bit) ~ 7.x
- SUSE 12 Linux Enterprise Server
- OpenSUSE 13.2
- OpenSUSE Leap 42.x
For users utilizing the Active Directory Rights Management Service, the following systems are supported:
- Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 ~ 16.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x ~ 7.x
- OpenSUSE 13.2
- OpenSUSE Leap 42.x
Citrix
- Verified as Citrix Ready® with Citrix XenApp® 7.13
Et voila! Slowdowns gone immediately.
Definitely worth trying if your seeing high resource usage or slow downs and you have Adobe Acrobat installed. As always, YMMV.
Full disclosure: I do not have any business or financial links at all to Foxit Reader. I simply found it better the last time Adobe was causing problems and I thought my solution might help others.
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