Pdf form crashes browser

i created a pdf form in adobe live cycle designer and when i click the link to the pdf on my website, the browser crashes. I then have to ctrl+alt+delete to end task and then a window pops up saying "xml parsing error: unclosed token (error code 5), line 5259, column 2 of file". Another one comes up after this saying "xml parsing code error: no element found (error code 3), line 1, column 1 of file"
The weird thing is if i right click the link and "save link as" the pdf will download to my computer with no problems.
Anyone know what's going on here??

Hi,
Open Acrobat and go to the preferences / internet. Check that the "Display in Browser" is checked.
Hope that works,
N.

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