[pchelpers] Re: outlook express / associate acrobat reader 4.0

Do you have a shortcut for version 4 anywhere? Will it start with that?

G.R. Hanson wrote:
> 
> When I get pdf files in email, it would open them with Adobe Acrobat
> reader 2.0 or 2.1, I forget which.
> 
> Well, it wasn't really working all that well.  I'd have to save the
> file, then open Acrobat reader, then browse to the file, then it would
> open.
> 
> I realized then that I had 4.0 also installed.  So, I deleted the 2.
> one.
> 
> Now, when I get pdf files in email, and I click on them to open them,
> this is what happens.
> 
>  A box opens up that says:
> Windows cannot find acroread.exe.
> This file is needed to open files of type 'Adobe Acrobat Document'.
> Location of acroread.exe.
> Then it has a spot to browse for the file.
> 
> My old Adobe Acrobat Reader had an acroread.exe.
> 
> When I 'browse', I can't find the file.
> 
> When I do a 'find', I don't have the file.
> 
> I "do" have a file it probably could use:
> AcroRD32.exe
> (path is: c:\program files\adobe\acrobat 4.0\reader)
> 
> When I attempt to browse to THAT file when it asks for acroread.exe,
> it won't show me that one on the browse.
> 
> So.... what can I do to associate this 4.0 with my email.  I use
> outlook express for email.
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> (I CAN open the acrobat reader 4.0 and then open the file that I have
> had to save somewhere... but I want to have it work from the email
> like it once did once upon a time.)
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Re-Na Hanson
> Arkansas USA
> 
> 
> 
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