Solved Acrobat Reader takes over all icons

[Hannetjie]

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.

 

[Dinesh]

Hi, have a look at this tutorial and run the .EXE file and see if it fixes the problem.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

 

[Layback Bear]

I would do a little Googling and find out whether you even need Acrobat. The choice would be yours.

 

[Hannetjie]

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!

 

[Hannetjie]

Apologies!!! Layback Bear!!!