Unable to find Adobe PDF resource files | PDFMaker

Unable to find Adobe PDF resource files while creating PDFs from within Microsoft Office applications

Creating a PDF using the Acrobat menu from within a Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, or Outlook) or trying to save the document as Adobe PDF results in the following error:

"Unable to find 'Adobe PDF' resource files. Acrobat PDFMaker. You must have Administrator privileges to install these files. Please contact your local system administrator."

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Workaround: Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime application

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime application.

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