Re: IE 6 opens blank page with placeholder when linking to a .pdf file

From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:11:59 +0800

Acrobat opens a blank page:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#adobe 

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"Al Jacques" <AlJacques@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:55D5E1A7-8D3E-4EF6-A583-76D12B540AE6@microsoft.com...
> This has been puzzling me because I have two machines with the same 
> version
> of the operating system (Win XP Pro SP2) and the same version of IE (6) 
> and
> the same version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.01).  I can open .pdf files in
> Internet Explorer on one machine but not the other.  The problem has 
> existed
> now on only one of the machines for about 4 months.  I have been using the
> work around (right-click on the link and save to my machine then open it 
> from
> windows explorer with a double click).  Obviously since the work around
> works, I can see the files, and since the double-click works, the Open 
> File
> With is set to Adobe Acrobat as it should be.  But on my other machine,
> clicking on a link to a .pdf works as it always has and loads Acrobat 
> Reader
> into IE without a problem.
>
> I've already read "Q305153 - Internet Explorer Opens a Blank Page with a
> Placeholder Icon Instead of a .pdf File in Adobe Acrobat Reader" which 
> places
> the blame on the server, but if that were the case, it would fail to work 
> on
> both machines.
>
> Anyone have an idea as to what I need to change/repair on my machine to 
> get
> it back to opening .pdf files in IE?
>
> -- 
> -Al Jacques

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