I am unable to open steam or adobe acrobat files. I think this started happening around the time I installed windows 1909 in November, but I'm not 100% on that. Other executable files work just fine (i.e. browsers, blizzard games/other games, Microsoft office, basically everything else but these two have worked). Also, I can open up pdf files in browsers like chrome/edge, but just not as a standalone in a normal adobe acrobat window.
Things I have tried to do to resolve the issue:
-Uninstall and reinstall the programs
-Run as administrator
-Run in compatibility mode for different windows versions
-Changed registry for executable programs to "%1"%* (got this from some youtube video, all other executables still work but steam/adobe are a no go)
-Tried running these programs with all anti-virus programs disabled
I'm not sure of what else I can try other than doing a reinstall of windows entirely, or maybe version 1909 reinstall if that's possible. (I don't have any pre-1909 restore points to revert to)
If anyone can think of something that might be the root cause of this please let me know!
Things I have tried to do to resolve the issue:
-Uninstall and reinstall the programs
-Run as administrator
-Run in compatibility mode for different windows versions
-Changed registry for executable programs to "%1"%* (got this from some youtube video, all other executables still work but steam/adobe are a no go)
-Tried running these programs with all anti-virus programs disabled
I'm not sure of what else I can try other than doing a reinstall of windows entirely, or maybe version 1909 reinstall if that's possible. (I don't have any pre-1909 restore points to revert to)
If anyone can think of something that might be the root cause of this please let me know!