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

Before associating it, you should know if it works or not. Try clicking
on the executable file you found. If not, what error message appeared?

G.R. Hanson wrote:
> 
> No, trying to get rid of shortcuts on my desktop if possible.
> 
> I want to associate this 4.0 adobe acrobat reader with outlook
> express.  If I didn't
> word it right, that's the main question.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:21 PM
> Subject: [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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> 
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