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Can't open PDFs from webpage

Jan 26, 2008 4:40AM PST

Running Vista (don't start...). PDFs won't open. I have reloaded Adobe reader 8.1 (several times), but the required add-on won't "stick" (sometiems I see it there for a while, but when I check again, it's gone. Is this an Active-X issue?

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Time for a workaround, maybe.
Jan 26, 2008 6:42AM PST

1. Save to your hard disk, then open from My Computer or Windows Explorer
2. Use Firefox (with the PDF download extension to make life easier).

I can't help you with IE in Vista, sorry for that.

Kees

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Another workaround.
Jan 26, 2008 10:11PM PST
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For years we've had to uncheck Adobe's web integration
Jan 27, 2008 12:33AM PST

"We've encountered a problem when using Adobe Acrobat to view Court PDF Documents within your browser. The problem involves the web plug-in. Please see the following steps to temporarily work around this problem.

Adobe 4
1. Open Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4
2. Click on File
3. Click on Preferences
4. Click on General
5. Uncheck Web Browser Integration
6. Display Splash Screen at Startup
7. Click on OK

Adobe 5
1. Open Adobe Acrobat Version 5
2. From the Menu Bar, Select edit
3. Select Preferences
4. Select Options
5. Uncheck Display PDF in Browser

Adobe 6
1. Open Adobe Acrobat Version 6
2. From the Menu Bar, Select edit
3. Select Preferences
4. Select Internet
5. UnCheck Display PDF in Browser
6. UnCheck AllowFast Web View
7. UnCheck Check browser settings when starting
8. Click on OK and close Adobe Acrobat

This configuration will allow the user to open the file and launch Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please Note other versions (i.e., 4 or 3) seem to function properly with the plug-in.

Adobe Acrobat 5
Disable Allow Fast Web View

1. Open Adobe Acrobat
2. From the Menu Bar, Select Edit
3. Select Preferences
4. Select Options
5. Uncheck Allow Fast Web View"

From some note I had on this issue. It never seems to have been cured.