How do I get Outlook to 'see' Acrobat Reader so I can open PDFs?

[AEL]

I'm using Outlook 2003 on a new Windows 7 machine. All is well except when I
try to open an email-attached PDF I get the message 'Application not found'.
I've installed Adobe Acrobat Reader - how do I get Outlook to use it, please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Outlook doesn't do anything with that. When your try to open a pdf-file
directly from within Outlook, it is Windows who looks up which application
you have configured to open pdf-files with. Then this application is
launched and the application will try to open the file.

You can see which application you have configured to open pdf-files with by
going to;
Start-> Default Programs-> Associate a file type or protocol with a program

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If you save the attachment, does it open ok on a double click? Outlook
doesn't have special settings, it uses the same settings windows uses.

Check the Control Panel's Folder Options, File Types to verify the Open
operation in the file association.

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