In a last-ditch effort, John searched online for a solution. He stumbled upon a few forums and blogs that suggested using the Command Prompt (CMD) to activate Adobe Acrobat DC. Intrigued, he decided to give it a try.

Acrobat.exe /r /s /v /q

He then ran the following command:

John waited for a few minutes, and to his surprise, the activation process began. The CMD window displayed a series of messages indicating that the software was being activated.