Adobe provides a tool for repairing corrupted installations. You can find it by searching for "Adobe Acrobat DC Repair Tool" on the Adobe support website.
Instead of using a risky executable, use these verified methods recommended by the Adobe Community and Adobe Help Center : : Open Adobe Acrobat DC. Go to Help > Repair Installation . Adobe Acrobat Dc Ocr Fix.exe --39-LINK--39-
Reinstall a fresh copy of the software directly from the Adobe Acrobat Download Page. Adobe provides a tool for repairing corrupted installations
Below is a script to re‑run OCR on a PDF using Tesseract (not replacing Acrobat, but an alternative). Save it as ocr_fix.py and run it locally. Go to Help > Repair Installation
If you’re trying to (e.g., garbled text, no searchable text, or missing OCR in a scanned PDF), here’s a proper solution without downloading suspicious .exe files:
Click on a red box to see the original image and Adobe's transcription. Type the correct text in the Recognized As field and click Make OCR Layer Visible : To see exactly what the computer "sees," use the tool (search "Preflight" in the right-hand panel). Select Make OCR text visible Analyze and Fix . This reveals the hidden text layer for manual review. Troubleshooting OCR Accuracy