Re: Can't find Acrobat
From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:05:57 -0800
Open Adobe Reader and go to Edit > Preferences > Internet and make sure
that the "Display PDF in browser" box is checked.
Jim Heim <Jim Heim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> This is happening on my wife's HP w/ XP Home and Adobe Reader 6. Did all you
> suggested. Found that PDF was no longer registered. Fixed that and
> double-click on PDF filename opens the reader as usual. IE6 still reports
> that it cannot find the Adobe Reader. Workaround is to 'save file as...' from
> the website and open it from Windows Explorer. Thoughts? Thanks.
> Jim
> "XPUSER" wrote:
>> "Bill Glass" <AlphaBase@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:%sPBd.78928$NO5.5926@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> > Using Windows XP, sp1.....
>> >
>> > I have Acrobat 5.0 on my system ... haven't upgraded to version 7 yet.
>> > Acrobat is the default program that opens when selecting a PDF file. Until
>> > recently, when opening a page in my browser (Explorer) that contained a PDF,
>> > everything opened just as it should. But something must've changed, recently
>> > ... now, when I attempt to open a PDF-based webpage, I just get a little
>> > error message that says, "Could not find Adobe Acrobat."
>> >
>> > Anybody know what caused this to change? MORE importantly, though: How or
>> > where do I reconfigure things so that my browser recognizes Acrobat at the
>> > program used to open PDFs?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance..........
>> >
>> > Bill
>> ================================================
>> 1. Open My Computer
>> 2. Click on Tools on the Menu Bar
>> 3. Click on Folder Options underneath Tools
>> 4. Click on the File Types tab in Folder Options
>> 5. Look for PDF under the Extensions column
>> 6. If found, check what program it is set to open with
>> 7. If found and not set to open with some version of Adobe Reader
>> then change it to open with some version of Adobe Reader
>> 8. If not found or some version of Adobe Reader is not available as
>> an option for opening PDF files then...
>> 9. Check Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs and see if
>> some version of Adobe Reader is still installed and if so, does
>> it appear to have a valid size -
>> 10. Can you open Adobe Reader from START > ALL PROGRAMS
>> 11. If not, then you need to install Adobe Reader again:
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
>> ===============================================
>>
>>
>>
-- Gary L. Smith gls432@yahoo.com Columbus, Ohio
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