And Adobe Acrobat has spontaneously decided to stop working on my desktop. Thanks Adobe. Thadobe.
(Just a friendly note to save everyone some trouble: Please don't recommend alternatives. I'm plenty aware of them, thanks!)
I've theorised in the past that piracy is less about people wanting to get something for nothing and more about people being tired of getting nothing for something (or, less glibly, getting less than they agreed on or understood to be reasonable.) This sort of crap is why.
@ElectricKeet "Have you tried turning it off and off aga~~" *well-deserved strangling noises*
(gl and happy data recovery, sis <3 )