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'Adjust your selection as desired before continuing. Now I'm trying to install Adobe Reader, and am getting a pop up that I've never seen before: I've installed an old copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro that I have, which I got from Adobe's website back in the day when they were making legacy products freely available. Hello! I'm trying to install Adobe Reader on my new computer, and am coming across a new and (to me) baffling issue.

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