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Adobe Reader glitch on Vista
Posted: 2007-06-20 05:41pm
by General Zod
So, I've had Adobe installed for some time on Vista now, and despite the most recent update, it still refuses to open pdf files by double-clicking them. Has anyone else seen this glitch, and more importantly does anyone else know how to fix it? I can still open the files by running Acrobat from the start menu and opening a pdf from there, but it's a bit of a hassle when I should just be able to double-click. So any solutions would be super.
Jokers telling me to get a new OS or another reader program will be castrated.
Posted: 2007-06-20 05:48pm
by Ace Pace
Whats wrong with
Foxit reader? Yes, I know you said no other programs, but if you're just reading PDFs, Foxit loads faster and generally is stabler then adobe reader.
Posted: 2007-06-20 05:50pm
by General Zod
Ace Pace wrote:Whats wrong with Foxit? Yes, I know you said no other programs, but if you're just reading PDFs, Foxit loads faster and generally is stabler then adobe reader.
Foxit doesn't have some of the features I like, and the way it renders pdfs don't turn out quite right for some of my ebooks.
Posted: 2007-06-20 08:07pm
by General Zod
Destructionator XIII wrote:I don't know about Vista, but on old Windows the double click stuff was set in the file types list.
You would get at it through an explorer window, then tools->folder options, and the file types tab is there. Find pdf in it, hit edit. In there, there should be an open action - edit it so it points at your acrobat reader exe and it should work, if they didn't change it.
Also, an easier way might be uninstall then reinstall your reader program.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice. Nothing. I've also attemtped to change the file associations manually, and it doesn't even list Reader among the program options. Needless to say I find this rather annoying.
Posted: 2007-06-20 10:23pm
by phongn
Adobe Reader 8.1 is running fine here on Vista32.
Posted: 2007-06-20 10:33pm
by General Zod
phongn wrote:Adobe Reader 8.1 is running fine here on Vista32.
I tried using 8.1, but it still gave me the association problem. :/
Posted: 2007-06-21 12:39am
by Netko
In the program listing for manual association don't just look at the listing, select browse and go to Program Files/whatever and look for the exe file of the reader.
Posted: 2007-06-21 12:43am
by General Zod
Netko wrote:In the program listing for manual association don't just look at the listing, select browse and go to Program Files/whatever and look for the exe file of the reader.
Uh, yeah. I did that. Didn't do jack.
Posted: 2007-06-21 12:47am
by Beowulf
Ok, the registry might be invisibly jacked up. Find the association in the registry and make sure it's correct.