Can't open PDF files in IE6

[Guest]

our company using Mdaemon as our email server, when a user login to her email
account through IE, she get some email attachments and is in PDF format, when
she click on the attachment link, a windows pop up and ask her what to do:
open, save or cancel, when she click open, a windows appear and said that
cannot open this file, because it cannot find the path: C:\Documents and
settings\User\local setting\Temporary internet file\Content.IE5\abc.pdf

only this user have this problem, please help me to solve this problem!!
Thanks very much!!!!!

 

[Jan Il - MVP]

Hi Gundam

You do not tell us the version of Windows they are using, so I will have to
guess at a suggestion. Try the following and see if it helps:

E browser software defaults Acrobat Reader to "OFF" to display PDF files.
You can restore the setting to"ON" by finding an Acrobat document and then
opening it.

Then click Edit> Preferences> Internet> check the box next to "Display PDF
in browser"

If still no joy, try the information here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/pdf.htm
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/files.htm

or....

Register pdf.ocx files:

Troubleshooting problems opening PDF files in Internet Explorer window:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/pdf.htm

also..

How to set a default file viewer for pictures, .pdf documents, etc

The path to Folder Options may vary according to your operating
system. It may be:
Explorer-View-Folder Options
Explorer-Tools-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Control Panel-Folder options.

Installing the Adobe Reader should set it as the default for .pdf

Hope this helps.

Jan
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[ANONYMOUS]

Just reinstall adobe acrobat again and see if this solves the problem.
By reinstalling, you are effectively associating all pdf fles to adobe
reader.

hth

 

[Guest]

I have the same case as Gundam, the attachment (only PDFs, not other format)
on the server should be opened with the IE by the attachment link, but it
prompts to my local document folder and say the file could not be found. I
already opened Active X in IE. When I downloaded those PDFs to desktop and
opened by the IE, it works fine. What happens?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi help

If you have the same problem, have you tried any of the suggestions provided
for the OP to see if they willl work for you?

If you did and they did not work, please start a new thread of your own
stating your specific problems and we will address them there, for your
benefit, and for other readers.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE [DTS/AumHa]
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[Sandi Hardmeier - MVP]

Likely corrupt cache; create a new one as per the instructions at the URL
below:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers_8.htm#deltree

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