Walt, I use the free eXPert PDF Pro, which you can get via http://dottech.org/freebies/18437/ It's more than a reader . . . one can even remove any security setting from a PDF file. ~ Dan > From: saxyman70@xxxxxxxx > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Adobe Gone Wild / To Whom Can I Run? > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:23:57 -0500 > > Thanks a million, Don. I have no idea what happened to Adobe Reader. It had > been working just fine, then Adobe prompted me to upgrade from version 9.4 > to 10.1, which I did. After that, everything went kapooey! All of my local > files and folders turned into .lnk extensions and would not open. After > that, I uninstalled Adobe Reader 10.1 and all my files and folders went back > to their regular file designations and everything worked just fine?except my > PDF files, because I had no PDF reader at that point. Naturally, I tried > installing and uninstalling two or three versions of Adobe Reader, but it > failed to perform every time. > > Thanks for the tip concerning Foxit PDF reader. It?s working just fine?weird > business this. > > Walt --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------