Acrobat Reader Problem

The way I got around this with 9.1.2 is to do the following:

Open Acrobat Reader by itself (not in IE)
Select Edit, then Preferences
On the left side click "Internet"
Uncheck "Display PDF in browser"

This way when I click on a pdf link it opens Acrobat reader in a separate application outside of IE.

Fix for all things Reader related,

Foxit Software - Foxit Reader 3.0 for Windows

jgibson said:

The way I got around this with 9.1.2 is to do the following:

Open Acrobat Reader by itself (not in IE)
Select Edit, then Preferences
On the left side click "Internet"
Uncheck "Display PDF in browser"

This way when I click on a pdf link it opens Acrobat reader in a separate application outside of IE.

Excellent!! I was thinking of a way to do this but didn't even think of checking the preferences. Thanks for the tip, it solved the issue for me.

I just ran into the same error message problem with Acrobat 9.1 on Win 7 64bit.
I then launched acrobat first and it worked on the link.
Then after closing all programs it stopped working.
Then I tried Firefox 3.5 and Acrobat worked in it.
Then it stopped working.

I did try the preference change and it seems to work in IE8.
It does NOT correct the problem in Firefox.

Anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks.

Another recommendation from me for Foxit.
Adobe's PDF reader is pure bloatware by comparison.

You can also run Foxit as a standalone .exe (3MB or so) so no install needed.

OK. Nevermind.

Adobe Updater just pushed me update 9.1.3 and this seemed to resolve the problem on both IE8 and Firefox. Plus, I was able to undo the change to the preferences I previously made and the pfd's now display in a web page correctly.

9.1.3 still has the same problem for me in ie8 and Firefox.
It almost cost me money as I had to print a voucher and the problem occurred. I tried to refresh and it didn't work. I sorted it out eventually, but I can't see why this issue has not been fixed by now.

Mine is still working in both browsers. But you are right, it could stop again at any minute, just as it did before.

Given the worldwide use of pdfs, one would think that this would have been one of the first applications to get right with Win 7.