So sad i missed it.

I did download it but forgot to install; now it seems it is too late? Any idea?

Installed without a hitch on my HP, WIN10 64 bit machine.

It looks very powerful and useful in more areas than I need.

Thanks much for this.

installed fine but slow.. Activation key not working, tried almost an hour; either paste or type, just won't activate.

I had no problem installing,
a successful activation in an easy way by GOTD,
on my win10 x64 v1803 notebook.
i maybe lucky than other win10 user.

thanks, Icecream Apps &GOTD.

It allowed me to do only one document and then asked me to buy the product.

Tried several time and it said it downloaded but couldn't find it anywhere ??????
Windows 10 , annoying because it sounded good, I wanted it, couldn't get it !!!!!

I have used their Icecream PDF Converter since I first got it on here and I love it. The main screens are similar and easy to use. I tried converting a PDF to Doc using the OCR converter, it took longer than I expected but it was a big file and OCR does take longer than non OCR conversion. I tried a 2.1 MB PDF scanned book that would only convert to images, non-editable. It took over 30 minutes, but I got an editable 381 page Doc file. Great program. Now to try it on scanned PDF to see if it holds the table format. My thanks to Icecream Apps.

Although I didn't have an immediate need for a program of this type, I downloaded, installed and used it to convert a PDF of my trucks owners manual to a word document and remove a bunch of irrelevant pages from it. It worked perfectly.
I just had to so I can say with certainty that it was really easy to install and use...and as usual wonder what is wrong with ALL the people who can't READ ?
It is becoming SO inane constantly reading people posting about not being able to install Giveaways...or that they don't work on XP or how they have to disable their 3rd party anti virus and firewall software.

I downloaded and installed without any issues on my Windows 7 PC. I then converted a 616 page pdf to a doc file and it worked PERFECTLY! Great product.

Installed very smoothly... Tried out their Compress option - it compressed a 546KB file to 526KB - not very impressive... But when I tried compressing the same file on their website (https://pdfcandy.com/compress-pdf.html), it got compressed to 66KB! Somehow they're using a different algorithm or a different set of options on both these places!

Turned off all settings in Defender and still no joy. Even downloading the trial exe file from the home page gives the same errors. Not impressed.

Using Win 10 64bit At end of install get error about no access to registry and programme rolls back. Actual error message is:
error creating registry
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE and 3 lines of address(too much to type as cannot copy and paste)
RegCreateKeyEx failed; code 5
Access id denied
Any solution?

Downloaded and installed without problem. Converted a PDF to Word-it made a perfect editable Word doc.

I had no problem installing. I used it to split a pdf -- asked for groups of 3 pages, got all pages individually. ALSO -- they appeared all over my desktop!! AND moved nearly every shortcut (dozens!!) which created a huge mess.

They should've appeared in the folder where the original file was located. Please fix this because it looks awesome otherwise..

Successful activation but without software installation. No software installed

After some difficulties to install it, I finally activated the product.

However, it does not, for example, convert a doc into PDF. It produces an error.

Not very happy. Still trying.

Thanks. This s/w looks very comprehensive.
D/l fine with Avast on....but not with the link provided.

Lately it seems one has to go through hoops to get a d/l

I use the Icecream PDF Converter often and I love it, it will be interesting to see what features this one adds.

Can this flip/mirror a pdf document? Been needing that occasionally and not finding any that do it. Couldn't see that listed on their web page.

Thanks.

Thanks for the program. Downloaded and installed fine on windows 10 laptop. I would like to see a pdf to publisher and a publisher to pdf. I use publisher more thsn I use word. if this i possible, thank you

OK, I tried this on another machine ---- this time W7 Home 32 bit --- last time was w7 ult 64 bit --- --- and still the word doc created is almost garbage and unusable. If you developers want to see doc and source, let me know where to send.

God Bless.

it's an awesome software it makes my life easier to handle any pdf to do it the way I want, thank you PDF Candy Desktop Pro 2.53

Will not install... win10

I received "unexpected error 0x80004005 unspecified error. Cannot extract file.

I took Ray Eason's advice and tried to instal it on XP, It installed alright and activated itself, and said it was activated, but would not start. I received the following message:
"This application has failed to start because dwmapi.dll was not found.
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
I reinstalled a few times but it did not help.

This could not possibly have come at a better time.

I had an unsigned Word doc so I re-saved it as a PDF (I could have done similar using todays offering) I then used Candy Desktop to split the doc (Remove last page) Printed out a copy of last page, signed it and scanned it and saved as a PDF and them VERY quickly merged the signed page with the rest.

Absolutely beriilliant!
Saved me a lot of faffing around esp as the Doc has to be in court tomorrow at latest.
Large file but install went flawlessly.

If not for todays need I may well not have bothered but this is one of those programs that does stuff you cannot easily do without it.

Thanks PDF Candy - you are a lifesaver and thanks GAOTD.

Flawless installation, worked perfectly extracting images from pdf file, this free give away is now in my computer arsenal, thank you ice-cream.

Easy install and deep functionality.

Well download easy, install easy, convert from PDF to Word easy, Word CRASHED after 3 secs. Tried again and same problem. Hmmm! so much for all the positive reviews! Will try something else but have little hope of keeping this program if same happens again.

Look good, BUT during installation and activation go message "ShellExecuteEx nije uspjelo; kod 1155".
The first PDF I tried to conver ended with error. The resulting DOC output opened in Word Protected View (meaning doc could harm your computer). When I looked at the doc output, the capital letters and font size continually change and although it looked like the document converted it was bascially very, very hard to read.

So, these folks need to go back to the drawing board and fix this software. If there is a place I can send the ouput to help them, let me know. BTW, I had Avast turned off.

Good luck. God blass.

Will this install on Windows 10? I can't

Install doesn't work. Run Setup.exe. It crashes. Then tells me I'm activated. but since the program won't install, it's kinda useless to be activated. please note this is NOT the first time I've found an app that interests me and it won't install. Don't know why I bother.

Flawless installation. Win 10 64.
Huge amount of options, to convert from and to PDF.
First test + 320 Mb, 2120 pages epub with LOTS of pictures and diagrams ( most B&W ). Took 8 minutes to convert to a 372 Mb PDF file, but with only 1516 pages. The only problem is it doesn't breaks the pages correctly when compared to the original - sometimes part of the picture is in one page and the rest on the next page. Using eBook Converter, output size also 372 Mb in 5 minutes, but with 2165 pages and all of them preserved as in the original.
Now something simpler - pdf to jpeg . Same result as of using PDFill PDF Tools, with somewhat smaller files when using standard settings.
Merge PDF's - same result as using PDFill. Some bytes bigger result.
PDF Compression - reduced a pdf size by 87% with some quality loss in pictures, but not visible in text. Time about 10 minutes, original size 409.358 Kb, compressed 51.331 Kb.
In my opinion a keeper, BUT will not use it for ePub conversion.

If it can NOT EDIT, it not be called "all-in-one PDF solution", it should be called: manipulate the already existing PDF files.

Downloaded and activated smooth as silk. Tried it out on a few pdfs, perfect result. Very pleased. Wondering if the problems occur with certain virus protection programs. I use McAfee and Malwarebytes.

Been using Foxit PDF Reader for years after giving up on Adobe intrusive 'updates' every other day.
It's free, has been around for many years, and has a good rep.
Did I mention it's free?

The download and installation seemed to go okay. When I enter the supplied registration key I receive the error "Wrong key. Check your activation key and try again!"

I'm baffled by some of the comments here which don't match my results. The program I got runs in a partial or full window and can change size as any other program can using standard methods. Installation was quick and easy and I didn't need to turn the Norton off. The provided serial number is easily entered in the Settings menu choice which activates the Pro version.

Seems to me to be a strong performer which pretty much does anything I can think of with a PDF.

PDF Candy Desktop Setup has stopped working

Windows can check online for a solution to the problem.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: setup.exe_PDF Candy Desktop
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 57051f88
Fault Module Name: StackHash_4c0d
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 77017640
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 4c0d
Additional Information 2: 4c0d4d78887f76d971d5d00f1f20a433
Additional Information 3: 4c0d
Additional Information 4: 4c0d4d78887f76d971d5d00f1f20a433

Read our privacy statement online:
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If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt

Well... we do not pay for the product, ok. But it should at least install.

At this very moment, I click on Setup and the only thing I get is a box informing that the product has been activated.

Had to disable Avast AV for the install to work.

installs after turning off kapersky av. works on w10 . after going to settings to put lic in the pro upgrade line goes away. has alot of options to convert any file. looks like good program if ever need this. ?? if updates will it go back to pay. Has a check mark on check for updates in settings.

Installation worked well (windows 10). Gave it a try and it worked fine on the few bits I tried. Interesting that you can't see the PDF in the program while working on it. So for tools like split and OCR you really need to have opened the PDF in another application to see what it is likely to do first.

Error - "setup files are corrupt. Please obtain a new copy of the program."

Well, it is certainly great to have such a multi-functional tool -- if all functions work. I haven't had a chance to check it though, as I have yet to find WHERE to install the licence number! For some reason, never before seen with any other GOTD, the display is so LARGE it partly runs off the page! And nowhere can I see any place to insert the licence number! In a few hours it will be too late -- so can anybody enlighten me as to WHERE on the "All Tools" page I have to click to even GET the place to enter it?

No, wait -- I decided to reset my notebook display settings, although they are as MS recommends -- and lo and behold (or "behold and lo", if you live in the southern hemisphere!) I could then SEE the "Settings" box at the bottom, and was then able to enter the licence number.

However, this may help others who may face the same problem: if you can't see all of the screen with this programme (or any other like it) try re-setting the screen resolution (I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T 13) -- even if temporarily -- as this may overcome the problem.

Just for info: To use the programme, my screen was set to 1920 x 1080 with text etc. having to be set to 125% -- whereas before it was recommended to set them to 150%. (Right click on a part of the desktop and adjust the Display Settings.) Since 150% is too BIG for my 13" screen I guess I will have do this every time -- for this programme. Other programmes may well be inconveniently small if I keep that.

But if the programme is as good as it LOOKS, I suppose that is a small price to pay.... when it's FREE!

Runs in full screen mode only, and "window" cannot be resized without hiding the programme. Cannot restore program from icon--must restart. Not worth the trouble on a big monitor.

This is sadly not for me as it does not support XP, BUT I have a copy of IceCream e-book reader which is really excellent, from GOATD, and recommend it very very highly to everyone. I am surprised they do not advertise it on today's page. The developer is very thorough, no problems of any description, they have thought of everything and even more, and it all works wonderfully. So if your system will take it you really must try out properly anything that comes from this developer, they clearly do not make crapware. If only it worked on XP I would jump at it.
I see incidentally a lot of favourable comments, which is not always the case with GAOTD.

Really nice program, this is something very useful.
At last a program with a bundle of PDF tools.
Thanks IceCream and Giveaway of the Day

Confirmed downloaded, installed and activated with no problems. (windows 7 + Avast which I turned off as usual).