Twenty-five years ago, to be exact, Adobe invented the portable document format, and ever since, they’ve continued to set the standards in quality, reliability, and compatibility for digital documents. Most of the people read PDF files using the free Acrobat Reader, which even be pre-installed on your PC. Adobe Acrobat has made PDF easy to use and create.
Today, in this digital world full of technology and software, Adobe Acrobat DC is essential to handle most of the PDF works with no errors. We all know this is software, and arising mistakes are common. So sometimes we get an issue regarding the icon change of Adobe Acrobat DC. Here in this article, we have a solution to sort out the “Adobe Acrobat DC icon not showing in “Windows 10.”
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How to fix Adobe Acrobat DC icon not showing in Windows 10?
We know many users facing this issue on Windows 10. Adobe Acrobat icon issue can be solved within a few steps. So don’t worry about your data in Adobe Acrobat will be secure while troubleshooting this. Follow the below steps to show your Adobe Acrobat icon in Windows 10.
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Assassinating icon from Desktop, Start menu, and taskbar
First, we have to remove the icon showing in the start menu, taskbar, and desktop. So to remove the icon follows these steps:
- Right-click on the icon
- Click on unpin or remove
Following these two steps, you can easily unpin the icon from the taskbar, start menu, and desktop.
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Removing the shortcut of an icon from program files:
Next, you have to remove the shortcut icon from the program files. So to delete the unwanted shortcut, follow these steps.
Go to My Computer.
- Open Local Disk C.
- An open folder named Program Data
- Open Microsoft folder
- Open Windows Folder
- Open a folder named “Start Menu.”
- Next, you have to open “Programs,” and search for an icon or wrong image of “Adobe Acrobat XI Pro,” which looks like a shortcut.
- Delete the shortcut or icon.
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Creating an icon for Adobe Acrobat DC
If you have already deleted the wrong icon showing in the taskbar, start menu, desktop, and program files. Turn it to make it correct. Follow the below steps.
- Go to C Drive
- Open Program(x86)
- Open Adobe folder in Program(x86)
- There is Acrobat file in Adobe folder
- A reader is in front of you and then find Acrobat.exe.
- Right-click on Acrobat.exe and click on “Send to desktop.”
- Again Right-click on Acrobat.exe and click on “Pin to Start Menu.”
- Close the Window.
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Pasting the icon into Adobe program files: