Adobe Community: Combine PDFs: Still cant right click and bring up "Combine PDFs" option

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1. Bernd Alheit,

Jun 20, 2012 12:26 AM in reply to yogibear59

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In Adobe Acrobat choose File > Create > Combine Files Into A Single PDF.

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2. yogibear59,

Jun 20, 2012 7:51 AM in reply to Bernd Alheit

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thanks - yes the workaround is: In Adobe Acrobat File > Create > Combine. But... right clicking on the file is soooo much faster and convieenent. Every day for years I was able to simply right click to combine. When I switched to a new computer and upgraded Acrobat Pro I lost the beloved functionality of right click/combine.

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3. Bernd Alheit,

Jun 20, 2012 7:55 AM in reply to yogibear59

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How many files did you select in Windows Explorer?

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4. yogibear59,

Jun 20, 2012 7:58 AM in reply to Bernd Alheit

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I just tried selecting one, two, three, four and five PDF files. same thing - the option to combine just does not show up on right click

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5. Sandeep V.,

Jun 20, 2012 8:28 AM in reply to yogibear59

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Do you have this registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Adobe.Acrobat.Context Menu with DWORD value: {D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}

If not then create it manually.

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6. yogibear59,

Jun 20, 2012 9:49 AM in reply to Sandeep V.

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thanks. I have the folder, but I'm blocked from opening it. see attached screen shot

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7. Sandeep V.,

Jun 20, 2012 3:17 PM in reply to yogibear59

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Please set permission on this registry key following step '1. (Advanced) Set permissions to their defaults in the registry' in this article: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/error-1402-error-1406-acrobat.html

This article is not for this issue. It just contains a step to set permissions on the registry keys.

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8. yogibear59,

Jun 21, 2012 6:49 PM in reply to Sandeep V.

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a solution! followed all steps in the link above (to reset permissions on registry keys) and the right-click-context-menu to combine PDFs appeared, and works.

thank you so much!

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9. yogibear59,

Jan 7, 2013 10:01 PM in reply to Sandeep V.

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any idea why I have to go through this procedure almost monthly? The issue keeps reoccurring.

thanks

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10. Phillip Jones,

Jan 7, 2013 10:23 PM in reply to yogibear59

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Registry Keys are costantly being written to all the time therefore are the most eaily corruptible files on Windows machines.

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11. TinCanFury,

Apr 12, 2013 7:48 AM in reply to Phillip Jones

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I have a similarly related issue, the space where it used to say "Combine..." in the context menu is now blank (ie it's there but there is no text), and if I click on it, nothing happens...

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