January 6th, 2009, 11:52 PM
posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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PDF attachments not opening in OE but in Explore
Contact Adobe Support...or install Foxit Reader as your default PDF reader
and see if the behavior persists. OE is *not* the problem.
Jack B wrote:
Yes, I have Adobe Reader 9 installed. I can open the pdf files if I save
them first and then double click them in Explore.
Jack
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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In your first post, you wrote:
Recently, I uninstalled a bunch of old Adobe stuff.
Do you have Adobe Reader or Acrobat installed, Jack? Or perhaps Foxit
Reader? You will not be able to assign a default application for opening
PDF files unless and until you have such an application installed.
Jack B wrote:
Well, unfortunately #1 does not do it.
And note: When I click on the pdf email attachment, the DO YOU WANT TO
OPEN
THIS FILE? pop up window also says "Unknown file type."
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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1: Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With |
Choose
Program. Find and choose a program that works and then check the box:
Always
use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable you to
open
these attachments in the future.
2: (If the problem persists). Unable to open .PPS attachments directly
from
Outlook Express using XP/SP2 or XP/SP3:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm
"Jack B" wrote in message
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OS = Win XP
Recently, I uninstalled a bunch of old Adobe stuff.
Now when I try to open a PDF email attachment, I get, "This file does
not
have a program associated with it for performing this action."
However, if I save the attachments, I can go to Windows Explore and
double
click the file and it opens with Adobe Reader 9.
How can I fix this?
Jack
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