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Mon, 19 July 2010 07:53   |
pete lyons
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Byron is correct about the mime types in in Internet explorer. I'm not sure about having success using Bing :0)
I can provide more assistance once I get in front of a wondoze box.
I will tell you that regardless of mime, the later version of the reader will need to be uninstalled (control panels>add/remove programs).
If you reinstall 6, make sure ALL versions of acrobat are uninstalled.
Acrobat installs printers and printer ports, so you need to make a clean start.
Pete Lyons ( who just went through this last week)
76 eleganza ii
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On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Byron Songer <bsonger@songerconsulting.net> wrote:
> Does IE not have a way to configure it so that mime types know what
> application to launch?
>
> On the Mac OS we can tell the OS and the browsers what applications to use
> when opening files with certain extensions such as .pdf, .doc, .exl, .ppt,
> .gif, and so forth.
>
> Somewhere in the Windows registry are the instructions to do what you want
> to do. Also, ActiveX, based on how it's configured, is where you instruct
> the system to either load PDFs in the browser or with the Adobe product of
> your preference.
>
> Have you tried doing a Google search for your issue? Type "configure
> internet explorer to open adobe reader" and see which of those links you
> like. You can also use BING with great success, too.
>
> Byron Songer
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> Louisville, KY
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> Rob Mueller wrote:
>
>> Tobi,
>>
>> You're correct I have both programs on my Notebook.
>>
>> I also have both programs on my Desktop and they play fine together.
>> Whenever I click on a website PDF it is opened with Reader v.9 and NOT
>> Acrobat v.6.
>>
>> I tried your suggestion and on the Notebook it still tries to open the file
>> with Acrobat v.6.
>>
>> Since my Acrobat v.6 is a legal copy I will contact Adobe and see what they
>> say.
>>
>> I do want to keep it as I use it to "print" out all kinds of stuff from the
>> web rather than hard copies.
>>
>> Thanks to all who made suggestions.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rob M.
>> USAussie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tmaki
>>
>> Rob said he had Acrobat v. 6 and Reader v.9.
>>
>> Acrobat and Reader ain't the same. If by "Adobe Acrobat" Rob
>> meant "Reader", then a delete and re-install might work
>> okay, and never mind.
>>
>> But if by "Acrobat" he meant the full application of Acrobat
>> to create and edit PDFs and all that goes with it, then
>> removing Acrobat v.6 is going to create a headache with a
>> different kind of remedy, up to and including having to
>> reinstall with the product key and verifying with Adobe,
>> only then to be told...well, it can make for a long day.
>>
>> I might go into a folder view, select a PDF and choose an
>> "Open with..." default for PDFs and see if that works. Or go
>> into the Control Panel/Folder Options/Files Types and scroll
>> down to PDF. See what the current "Opens With..." is under
>> Details. If it is Acrobat 6, click Change and then select
>> Reader v.9 (or whatever it lists). Be sure the check box
>> "Always use..." is checked. Click OK and see if that works.
>> If that doesn't work buy a Linux system (no, no... just
>> kidding...not that there's anything wrong with Linux).
>>
>> I can't think of another software vendor that creates such
>> problems with its own offspring. Getting it to play nice
>> with siblings has frustrated me to the point of nearly
>> abandoning Adobe products completely (and I use AA Pro,
>> Distiller, Pagemaker, Framemaker, and Audition). And I can't
>> think of another software vendor whose user manuals/guides
>> are as useless and frustrating as Adobe's. I've had
>> concurrence on that from others in the publishing field. Ah,
>> but we ramble...
>>
>>
>> Toby Maki
>> '73 Glacier 230
>> Riverside, CA
>>
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