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How to associated PDF files with current Adobe reader??
My computer runs Windows ME.
My old Adobe reader wasn't handling all the fonts I wanted, so I downloaded Acrobat 6.0 and deleted the old reader, hoping that pdf's would automatically be associated with the new reader. That didn't happen. How do I associate e-mailed and website pdf files with the reader version that's now on my computer? ak |
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Which application are your PDF files associated with now? Uninstalling an
older version of Acrobat and installing a newer version should have associated PDF files with your current version of Acrobat. Nevertheless, to solve your problem, right click on a PDF file, select Open With, browse to the installed version of Acrobat, check the box to "Always use these programs to open these files" and click OK. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP King Zulu wrote: My computer runs Windows ME. My old Adobe reader wasn't handling all the fonts I wanted, so I downloaded Acrobat 6.0 and deleted the old reader, hoping that pdf's would automatically be associated with the new reader. That didn't happen. How do I associate e-mailed and website pdf files with the reader version that's now on my computer? ak |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... Which application are your PDF files associated with now? Uninstalling an older version of Acrobat and installing a newer version should have associated PDF files with your current version of Acrobat. . . . Thanks, Mike. Well - I THOUGHT I had uninstalled the old Acrobat 3.0 once, but it was still there. (Could there have been 2 copies on my system?) Anyhow, it's gone and 6.0 comes up now. However, so does a pop-up for "Available Updates." No "available updates" show in the choice box, and I can X-out with no problem. Just a nuisance. It appears that Acrobat 6.0 is accessing the internet before the pop-up shows. It's some Adobe thing. Any suggestions on that one appreciated. ak |
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You can set Acrobat's preferences to meet your requirements. One of these
is whether to check for updates or not. Start Acrobat, then Edit | Preferences, select Update in the left hand column and then, in the right hand pane, change Check for Update to Manually or whatever is your preference. Regards, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP King Zulu wrote: Thanks, Mike. Well - I THOUGHT I had uninstalled the old Acrobat 3.0 once, but it was still there. (Could there have been 2 copies on my system?) Anyhow, it's gone and 6.0 comes up now. However, so does a pop-up for "Available Updates." No "available updates" show in the choice box, and I can X-out with no problem. Just a nuisance. It appears that Acrobat 6.0 is accessing the internet before the pop-up shows. It's some Adobe thing. Any suggestions on that one appreciated. |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... You can set Acrobat's preferences to meet your requirements. One of these is whether to check for updates or not. Start Acrobat, then Edit | Preferences, select Update in the left hand column and then, in the right hand pane, change Check for Update to Manually or whatever is your preference. Regards, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Thanks again, Mike! Can I try for 3-for-3? When I start a "Search" it always defaults to: C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu I would like it to default to: IBM_PRELOAD (C Is there a way to do that? ak |
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Search using which tool and launched from where? I assume IBM_PRELOAD is
the name of your C: drive and that you want your search to be of the entire C drive rather than just the Windows\Start Menu. For example if I use Start | Search | Files and Folders by default I search all the hard drives on the system. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP King Zulu wrote: Thanks again, Mike! Can I try for 3-for-3? When I start a "Search" it always defaults to: C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu I would like it to default to: IBM_PRELOAD (C Is there a way to do that? ak |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... Search using which tool and launched from where? I assume IBM_PRELOAD is the name of your C: drive and that you want your search to be of the entire C drive rather than just the Windows\Start Menu. For example if I use Start | Search | Files and Folders by default I search all the hard drives on the system. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Right click "Start" in MS Windows, then left click "Search." IBM_PRELOAD is the name of my C drive under "My Computer." ak |
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Start | Search | For Files or Folders should, as I mentioned in my
previous post, by default search all of your hard drives including C: (IBM_PRELOAD) rather than just C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu. That it does not is odd and suggests that something is amiss. Just so that I am clear about what you are seeing, when you click Start | Search | For Files or Folders and the Search Results window opens you are seeing in the left hand pane C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu in the box labelled "Look in:" rather than "Local Hard Drives (C:....)"? What happens if you select "Local Hard Drives.." and then close the window and then start a new search? Does it revert to C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu or is it now Local Hard Drives (C:..)? Ahhh! Don't right click on the Start button and choose search but instead click Start | Search | For Files or Folders. Right clicking on the Start button searches by default the Start Menu because that is where the Start button is. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP King Zulu wrote: Right click "Start" in MS Windows, then left click "Search." IBM_PRELOAD is the name of my C drive under "My Computer." |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... Start | Search | For Files or Folders should, as I mentioned in my previous post, by default search all of your hard drives including C: (IBM_PRELOAD) rather than just C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu. That it does not is odd and suggests that something is amiss. Just so that I am clear about what you are seeing, when you click Start | Search | For Files or Folders and the Search Results window opens you are seeing in the left hand pane C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu in the box labelled "Look in:" rather than "Local Hard Drives (C:....)"? What happens if you select "Local Hard Drives.." and then close the window and then start a new search? Does it revert to C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu or is it now Local Hard Drives (C:..)? Ahhh! Don't right click on the Start button and choose search but instead click Start | Search | For Files or Folders. Right clicking on the Start button searches by default the Start Menu because that is where the Start button is. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP I hate it when computers do what I tell them to do, not what I wanted! Yep, you are right Mike - and "Local Hard Drives" does search my system hard drive. Thanks again. ak |
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I hate it when computers do what I tell them to do, not what I wanted!
As do I. It would have probably helped if I had actually read and understood your post. For some reason I failed to "read" that your were right clicking on Start and then selecting Search rather than clicking Start | Search | Find Files or Folders. I spent several minutes trying to get the results you were seeing until suddenly the light dawned and I actually read what you had typed and realised what you were doing to get what you were seeing. vbg Cheers, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP King Zulu wrote: I hate it when computers do what I tell them to do, not what I wanted! Yep, you are right Mike - and "Local Hard Drives" does search my system hard drive. Thanks again. |
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