Reading PDF files in IExplorer

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Bill Leed

A few days ago I downloaded and installed Adobe Reader 6. I had been using
Acrobat Reader 5.01 to read PDF files, and understood that Adobe Reader 6
now took the place of Acrobat Reader the this purpose, as well as reading
e-books. When I encountered a PDF file on the internet the Acrobat Reader
would popup in Internet Explorer, and I could read the document on-line, or
even copy it to my machine.

Now I get a blank page instead, and there is no way of reading the document.
Reader dose not pop-up in IE as before. Since I had now the new version 6, I
removed version 5.01. It seems this also removed my ability to view PDF
files within IE. However, the proper plug-in for internet viewing (IA32.api
: in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins) in the Adobe
folder.

Is there any way I might be able to now make this work within Internet
Explorer?
 
"Bill Leed" said in news:[email protected]:
A few days ago I downloaded and installed Adobe Reader 6. I had been
using Acrobat Reader 5.01 to read PDF files, and understood that
Adobe Reader 6 now took the place of Acrobat Reader the this purpose,
as well as reading e-books. When I encountered a PDF file on the
internet the Acrobat Reader would popup in Internet Explorer, and I
could read the document on-line, or even copy it to my machine.

Now I get a blank page instead, and there is no way of reading the
document. Reader dose not pop-up in IE as before. Since I had now the
new version 6, I removed version 5.01. It seems this also removed my
ability to view PDF files within IE. However, the proper plug-in for
internet viewing (IA32.api

Is there any way I might be able to now make this work within Internet
Explorer?
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Uninstall all versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader and then install the version
you want.
 
Just posted the same problem and figured it out. I
downloaded Adobe 6 and could not load the page, yet the
page loaded on a computer with an earlier version of
adobe. I went into control panel, clicked on add and
remove programs, clicked on acrobat reader 6. A page came
up giving me the option to repair or remove. I chose
repair and when I went back to load the page it worked.
Hope it works for you too.
 
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