Why won't PDF files open?

[alanpp]

When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat does not launch and the
file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
What am I missing?

[dev]

/alanpp/ said:

> When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat does not launch and the
> file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> What am I missing?

Try reinstalling the Reader, from http://www.adobe.com

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>-----Original Message-----
>When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat
does not launch and the
>file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service
Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
>What am I missing?
>.
>Wasnt all this stuff checked prior to release? this
seems a bit extreme with issues!!

[DL]

You need various plugins/apps to view numerous items on the web, If it was a
half decent site, and you dont have the plugin, you should get a msg stating
this, and linking to the download.
Its not an MS/IE problem. ie if you cannot open / view a file not created by
win* whats it got to do with MS

> wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat
> does not launch and the
> >file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service
> Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> >What am I missing?
> >.
> >Wasnt all this stuff checked prior to release? this
> seems a bit extreme with issues!!

[Sole Dog]

I had the same problem. The work around was to save the pdf file, then it
would work. The solution is to cofigure acrobat reader 6.0: Shut down IE,
Start Adobe Reader, Choose Edit Preferences, Select Internet in the list on
the left, Deselect Display PDF in Browser, and click OK. Restart IE. Does
this help.

" wrote:

>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat
> does not launch and the
> >file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service
> Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> >What am I missing?
> >.
> >Wasnt all this stuff checked prior to release? this
> seems a bit extreme with issues!!
>

[Sole Dog]

I had the same problem. The work around was to save the pdf file, then it
would work. The solution is to cofigure acrobat reader 6.0: Shut down IE,
Start Adobe Reader, Choose Edit Preferences, Select Internet in the list on
the left, Deselect Display PDF in Browser, and click OK. Restart IE. Does
this help.

"dev" wrote:

> /alanpp/ said:
>
> > When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat does not launch and the
> > file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> > What am I missing?
>
> Try reinstalling the Reader, from http://www.adobe.com
>
> --
> For most XP answers and tweaks...
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org
> http://support.microsoft.com
>

[Sole Dog]

I had the same problem. The work around was to save the pdf file, then it
would work. The solution is to cofigure acrobat reader 6.0: Shut down IE,
Start Adobe Reader, Choose Edit Preferences, Select Internet in the list on
the left, Deselect Display PDF in Browser, and click OK. Restart IE. Does
this help.

"alanpp" wrote:

> When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat does not launch and the
> file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> What am I missing?

[Sole Dog]

I had the same problem. The work around was to save the pdf file, then it
would work. The solution is to cofigure acrobat reader 6.0: Shut down IE,
Start Adobe Reader, Choose Edit Preferences, Select Internet in the list on
the left, Deselect Display PDF in Browser, and click OK. Restart IE. Does
this help.

"DL" wrote:

> You need various plugins/apps to view numerous items on the web, If it was a
> half decent site, and you dont have the plugin, you should get a msg stating
> this, and linking to the download.
> Its not an MS/IE problem. ie if you cannot open / view a file not created by
> win* whats it got to do with MS
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >When I click on a link to a PDF file from IE, Acrobat
> > does not launch and the
> > >file does not open. I am running XP Pro 2002 Service
> > Pack 2 and IE 6.0.
> > >What am I missing?
> > >.
> > >Wasnt all this stuff checked prior to release? this
> > seems a bit extreme with issues!!
>
>
>