Adobe reader won't open file

Bought a new computer last Jan. since then Adobe won't open files , tells me : either not a supported file
or file dammaged / eg. sent as an email , not correctly decoded. Can you help. ML

Please provide a detailed description of your problem. Platform? OS and Reader versions? Where are those files? How are you trying to open them? Could you open them before?

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Adobe Reader won't open

just posted a long question (1st time on this forum) & been sent here after creating a username - do I really need to re-type everything all over again or can someone there see it?
just in case.....
Adobe Reader won't open - I eventually get a message saying there is no default mail client & telling me to run Outlook & set it as the default mail client (I'm not going to do that). I then get a message saying that Adobe is not responding. Uninstalled & re-installed & problem persists.

Since you mention Outlook, I assume that you are on Windows. Here are some things to try...
Using Windows Explorer navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader, then double-click on Eula.exe and accept the license agreement
Can you open Adobe Reader by itself? If so, try disabling Protected Mode [Edit | Preferences | Security (Enhanced)].
If you cannot open Reader by itself, try to disable Protected Mode in the registry; download, unzip, then run the attached registry script
It could even be a malware issue; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/reader-core-dll-error.html
philwhitesides wrote:
just posted a long question (1st time on this forum) & been sent here after creating a username - do I really need to re-type everything all over again or can someone there see it?
There are multiple problems with these forums, and unfortunately things like that happen all the time (to all of us).

Adobe reader won't open on iPad after recent update

After most recent update, adobe reader won't open on my iPad. I have lots of docs that I need to get to. Please help.

This forum is probably the best you can do. We're now on the weekend, and Adobe engineers don't work 24/7. When they return on Monday and see the reports, they'll work to fix it. The update will need to be submitted to Apple and then approved for an update.
Note that there are other apps on the App Store which can read PDFs.

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The reason is Adobe has not updated there software yet to play well with Mavericks. The fault is of course with the Adobe Software. I suggest you go to there web site and see if they have a fix yet for there software, If not all you can do is continue to check back with them or get on there fourms and see what others have to say about this same issue.

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For your first question: are you sure that 'file' is a PDF file and that it is not damaged? And you may find this useful for your second question:
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acroba t.html

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The ikon appears on my desktop ok. But when I click on it I get the following message:
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I was hoping someone can help. I have Windows XP, and I use Firefox as my web browser. I have installed Adobe Reader, and when I click on a pdf link, in the lower left field of the screen it reads as follows: 'connecting, waiting, stopped' it repeats this over, and over, and over. I eventually have to right click and save the link to the desktop, but this is becoming entirely too frustrating........I have since uninstalled Adobe, and re-installed it, but nothing changed. I even uninstalled Firefox and re-installed, but to no avail.
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Jeff
Have a look here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox
(http://preview.tinyurl.com/5a6klx)
it's probably an issue with the Firefox plugin for Adobe Reader.
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Hi byron,
What kind of pdfs are these?
Would it be possible to share a sample file with me at: [email protected] so that I can have a look.
Regards,
Rave

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I recently installed the latest version of Adobe Reader for my Macbook Air and even got a confirmation that it was successfully installed and everything and yet when I click on its icon, it just won't open. Usually with Macs, the application icon will bounce up and down as the application is loading or waiting to open but the Adobe icon just moves once then stops, and nothing happens. It would say that it is "open" because it gives me the "quit" option when I right click on the icon. I've tried downloading it again twice but it still won't budge and worst of all, it doesn't give me any clues as to what is wrong with it or what I can do about it.
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This has been going on for a while, perhaps since the upgrade to Lion OS. I understand that I need to open Adobe Reader and uncheck the instruction to open in a browser. However, when I click on Adobe Reader app the icon appears in the dock bar at the bottom of my screen, but this doesn't give me access to either settings or preferences; when I double click on it to open the program window, nothing happens that I can tell. It's like a catch 22, where I can't get to where I want to go from here... What can I do to get out of this vicious circle? The immediate issue is that a PDF ebook file will not open with the correct formatting in Firefox, and in Safari all I get is the first of 100 or so pages! Tech support at the PDF file's server has attempted to duplicate my problem on a Macbook Pro in both Firefox and Safari, and reports that their formatting is perfect...the problem resides only on my machine. I have deleted the downloaded copy of the PDF file, then redownloaded it; no improvement. I have uninstalled Adobe Reader, redownloaded and reinstalled it, checked for updates, rebooted; no improvement. By the way, Mozilla reports an instability problem with one of Adobe Reader's components, and has disabled it in Firefox; when I re-enable it and try to open a PDF file in Firefox, all I get is a blank page; behavior that corresponds with the problem documentation.

The checkbox specifying open pdf files in browser is checked as default, but grayed out and I cannot change it.
You are correct. If you really don't want the Reader to launch in Safari, shut down Safari. Go to the /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder and remove the following two files:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
You may need to enter your admin password to complete the operation. If you check the Reader's preferences after that, you'll note that the check box is now off, though still grayed out.
Note though that this will not prevent PDF files from displaying in Safari since Safari itself will do that. This is assuming you are always doing a standard left button mouse click on any PDF link. In which case, the default is always to display the PDF file in the browser.
There is no way to open PDF files online directly into the Reader or Preview. You can wait until it finishes loading in the browser. Move towards the bottom of the screen and you'll have these choices (without the Adobe Reader plug-ins active):
Click on the third icon, which looks like a loupe on some paper. The PDF in the browser will then open into your default PDF viewer. Your only other option is to right click on a PDF link and choose Download Linked File, or Download Linked File As to save the PDF to your hard drive. From there, you then open it with the Reader.
Neither is what you want (opening a PDF online directly into a browser), but as I noted, it can't be done. The browser is the application with direct access to the online source, not the PDF viewer, or any other app.

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