XP problems with Adobe 6

[Jason]

I previously had Adobe Reader 5.0. Yesterday I downloaded
the Adobe Reader 6.0. Later in the evening I uninstalled
Adobe Reader 5.0.

When the process of downloading Adobe Reader
6.0 completed successfully I noticed a
new icon on my desktop for Adobe Reader 6.0. I double
clicked on the icon and got this question: "Adobe PDF
documents on the Web can be viewed inside Netscape and
Internet Explorer. However, this feature is currently
disabled and PDF documents on the Web will open in a
separate window. Would you like to disable this feature
so that you can view PDF documents in Netscape and
Internet Explorer?"

This is where I clicked YES. Now when I try to open PDF
documents, I get a blank screen with a little box at the
top that has multiple colors inside.

What can I do to resolve this problem? I am worse off now
than when I had Adobe Reader 5.0.
Is Adobe Reader 6.0 a better product? As I am trying to
work through this problem I am getting negative comments
about Adobe Reader 6.0. People are saying that 5.0 is
better. Is this true?
Robert
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[Milt]

Jason,

I too tried Acrobat Reader 6.0 last October and found
that I didn't like it. I didn't like the large file size
and I didn't like the behavior on exiting. I saw no
advantage over 5.0. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled
Version 5.0. That was six months ago. I'm still pleased
with the older version and don't see any reason to go to
6.0.

Milt

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You can find an older version of Adobe Acrobat here if you don't have it
http://www.oldversion.com/

 

[mUs1Ka]

I previously had Adobe Reader 5.0. Yesterday I downloaded
the Adobe Reader 6.0. Later in the evening I uninstalled
Adobe Reader 5.0.

When the process of downloading Adobe Reader
6.0 completed successfully I noticed a
new icon on my desktop for Adobe Reader 6.0. I double
clicked on the icon and got this question: "Adobe PDF
documents on the Web can be viewed inside Netscape and
Internet Explorer. However, this feature is currently
disabled and PDF documents on the Web will open in a
separate window. Would you like to disable this feature
so that you can view PDF documents in Netscape and
Internet Explorer?"

This is where I clicked YES. Now when I try to open PDF
documents, I get a blank screen with a little box at the
top that has multiple colors inside.

What can I do to resolve this problem?

Run Adobe Reader 6

Edit > Preferences > Internet - untick the boxes.

m.