Re: XP, IE 6 and pdf documents

From: Kaylene aka Taurarian (taurarian_at_REMOVE_CAPS_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 06:49:48 +1000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=305153
Internet Explorer Opens a Blank Page with a Placeholder Icon Instead of a .pdf
File in Adobe Acrobat Reader

"Jeff" <jeff@falsepart.com> wrote in message
news:e4TVmBoREHA.2972@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I am running XP home and have both Internet Explorer 6 and Mozilla browsers.
>
> When I access a PDF document on the web, Mozilla correctly opens it in my
> Acrobat Reader. However my IE 6 just presents a blank page. How can I get
> IE6 to automatically open PDF documents in my Adobe Reader?
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
> Jeff McPherson
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