Acrobat Reader takes over all icons


  1. Hannetjie
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    Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
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    Acrobat Reader takes over all icons


    On my Windows 7 computer Acrobat Reader all of a sudden took over all icons. Everything tried to open in Acrobat Reader. When I right-clicked the Skype icon and specified Open With Skype, all the icons turned into Skype and tried to open with Skype. The same happened when I right-clicked and used Open with on the Windows Mail icon. The only solution was to uninstall Acrobat Reader. Recently I came across someone else who has the same problem, but has not been able to solve it.
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  3. Dinesh
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    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
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    Hi, have a look at this tutorial and run the .EXE file and see if it fixes the problem.
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  4. Layback Bear
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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    I would do a little Googling and find out whether you even need Acrobat. The choice would be yours.
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  6. Hannetjie
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    Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
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    Thanks! I'm not a tech person and found Lady Bear's suggestion much easier on my confidence. I installed Foxit and now I can read PDF's again. The response has been great - thanks again!
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  7. Hannetjie
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    Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
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    Apologies!!! Layback Bear!!!
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