Can't find Acrobat

[Bill Glass]

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

 

[Jurren Bouman [MVP - Security]]

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

Install Adobe version 7. It might make a difference:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

 

[XPUSER]

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

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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
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[Guest]

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

 

[Airman Thunderbird]

Have you tried IE/Tools/Internet Options/Programs/Manage Add-ons? Adobe
is listed there for me. Maybe you can add it?

 

[Gary Smith]

Open Adobe Reader and go to Edit > Preferences > Internet and make sure
that the "Display PDF in browser" box is checked.