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| Thread ID: 34315 | 2003-06-09 12:00:00 | How do I remove preview as the default action | DavidGetling (3985) | Press F1 |
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| 151299 | 2003-06-09 12:00:00 | I'm running XP Professional. Preview has become the default action when I click on a .pdf file. I've checked the actions under "file types", which tells me that the default action is to open with acrobat reader: there's no mention of preview. I've also seached the registry to try and remove the association between pdf files and preview, but I can't find anything. It's not the end of the world, as I can always right click on a pdf file and select open, but I would like to fix this, and I'm curious as to where this association is stored. Can anyone help? | DavidGetling (3985) | ||
| 151300 | 2003-06-09 19:52:00 | I'm not too sure how to do this under XP, but what you will want to do is change the file association for PDF documents so they open with Adobe. You should be able to go My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types Scroll down to PDF Click Change and change the program to Adobe Acrobat Reader Then select Advanced Click Open and then click Edit Change the program to Adobe Acrobat Reader Alternatively there is a Faq on File Associations in this forum CyberChuck |
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| 151301 | 2003-06-10 13:07:00 | Thanks cyberchuck, but that's exactly what I've been doing. In fact I think its something to to with the registry set up of Acrobat, because if I associate pdfs with Photoshop the problem goes away. But as soon as I put the association back to Acobat it reappears. The Acrobat entry in the registry is a lot more complicated than Photoshop, but I can't work out what's causing this behaviour. | DavidGetling (3985) | ||
| 151302 | 2003-06-10 19:57:00 | Hey Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling Acrobat to see if it replaces all the registry entries with it's own defaults? CyberChuck |
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