PDF previewer in Microsoft Outlook

For some reason, I have lost the functionality for previewing PDF files in Microsoft Outlook. While I can double click on PDF attachments in emails and open Adobe Acrobat Full Product, I cannot preview them. "This filed cannot be previewed because of an error with the follower previewer - Adobe PDF Preview Handler." I have tried to turn on and off that function in Outlook. I have uninstalled Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, taking care to have outlook closed when I do so. I have also installed, uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe Reader. I have gone to the Microsoft knowledge base. None of this makes a difference. I figure somewhere, a file has been deleted or corrupted. Any thoughts? Thanks.

It appears that Outlook cannot open .pdf attachment because there is a missing link between Acrobat and Outlook. Tow possibilities for this problem might be such:
1. You have both Acrobat Reader also installed on your system. Adobe recommend that both product (Reader and full Acrobat) should not be on the same system. If this is the case for your system, you should uninstall Reader.
2. Another possibility is that something is wrong with you Acrobat installation. On my system, there two Acrobat icons in the Outlook toolbar. If this is not the case on your copy of Outlook, try a repair operation on Acrobat and see if this solves your problem. If that does not work, do a repair on Microsoft Outlook.
Good luck.
Ken Friedman

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