Cant open PDFs in Outlook

Hi - suddenly cant open PDFs attached to emails in Outlook - get a message saying error in initialisation/access denied.  This has only happened since the latest updates (using XI) ... it works ok if I save the PDF to my hard drive and open from within the program but who has time?? can someone help me please??

Hi Jim
the usual reason, if it's all pdf's - is an adobe pdf plugin not working properly...
look in both HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and the same folder within your Home/Library/
& remove any pdf/adobe/acrobat plugins you see, then restart Safari
adobe acknowledge the problem at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90885.html
although their suggestion is to stay with safari 5.0.x and/or not update to lion
You don't need it for most pdf's since safari's built-in pdf viewer will show them, or they can be downloaded & opened in adobe reader/acrobat - but if not seeing them within safari is a problem - try http://schubertit.com/pluginpdf/ after removing any adobe plugins.

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