I can't read .pdf downloads anymore

[Zeke]

What do you think happened? I went to Adobe.com and downloaded the 6.0 after all of a sudden I couldn't read the files and it downloaded hardly anything. Like a couple of shortcuts and something that took all of 10 seconds on DSL.

What can I do to get my Adobe Acrobat back?

[SteveStromberg]

Use system restore to go back to an earlier date.

[imcarthur]

Use this link for Windows version Adobe Reader 6.0.1, basic version & save to you HD.

Then run the exe.

Looks like there's a 6.02 version but you need 6.01 first.

Ian

[Don 944 LA]

right click on a file on your system and select open with other.... make sure that the checkmark is checked for the " always open with " , that may do the trick..

[id10t]

*completely* remove all traces of the existing Acrobat... Do it in add/remove, then on the file level, reboot, then download and install the full installer executable. Be sure to have all browsers closed when you do the install - otherwise you may have problems with the plug-in portion of it.

Of course at this point I like to mention that real operating systems have built in PDF support or it can be installed by doing "apt-get install acroread acroread-plugin", and updated with the occasional "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade"... 8)

[Zeke]

Thanks a million guys. I used both Ian's and id10t's suggestions (combined) and I'm back in business. Damn computers. One day it works and the next day it doesn't.

I don't know, I might have removed a shared file, but I'm pretty careful about removing files.

Thanks again. Now, can you fix my car?

[imcarthur]

id10t is right.

You have to delete old versions of Reader. Otherwise it lays there like a lump. My ver 4 was what IE used by default but I also had ver 6 loaded. I got rid of it 2 days ago . . . computers & cars, there's always something . . .

Oh yeah id10t, I got the Mac dig . . . well, you know . . .

Ian