Re: MS Internet Explorer or XP corrupting Acrobat Reader

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 06/22/05 

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:22:11 -0500

Launch Internet Explorer and from its Toolbar select:
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced and place a check
next to "Enable third-party browser extensions" and
click Apply.

If the above suggestion does not work, unistall your
Adobe Reader, then download and reinstall it.

Free Adobe Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Sean Coady" wrote:
| Help!  My wife is threatening to kill me - because I can't figure out why 
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.2. won't work on my pc once I have opened Explorer.
| 
| I removed and reinstalled acrobat reader and it opened and worked fine.  But 
| as soon as I then opened MS Internet Explorer and either clicked on a pdf 
| link in Explorer or went back directly to Acrobat Reader it simply froze up.  
| When I then went to warm boot the pc showed that a Adobe Acrobat process was 
| running and needed a manual 'end now' before it could close.
| 
| Prior to opening Explorer I used Outlook 2002 and clicked on a pdf link 
| there and it worked fine - taking me to a website in Explorer...
| 
| The whole exercise has cost me lots of time and stress and if anyone can 
| help me - I would really appreciate it!
| 
| Thanks.
| 
| -- 
| Sean

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