Error message - "Adobe Reader could not open....
I have Vista and I have Adobe 8.1.2 and I can not open PDF files. All I get is "Adobe Reader could not open "file name" because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)." I can send the same email to my work email and open the file just fine so I know the attachment is okay. Does anyone else have this error and if so have you been able to resolve it?
Thank you!
I too am getting this message every time I try to open a pdf. I am running XP on both my laptop and desktop. Ever since I updated to Adobe 8.2 I have gotten the message. I can still open them on another desktop I have that is still running with adobe 5. I have even tried to uninstall 8.2 and reinstall 5 but it will still give me the same message. What do I need to do to resolve this issue?
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Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
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and check the box marked
Allow Plug-ins
Then click
Manage Website Settings...
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Step 4
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/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens by pressing command-V, then press return.
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Step 6
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Whenever I try to open an Adobe file I get this message:
Adobe Reader could not open ..... because it is either not
a supported file type or because the file has been damaged
(for example, it was sent as an e-mail attachment and wasn't
correctly decoded). This is driving me nuts !! Is there an Adobe
product that I can purchase that will make my Adobe Reader
work??? Right now it is useless to me and I have an important
download taht was sent as an Adobe download file and after
I downloaded the file Adobe Reader refuses to open it.
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Error:
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PC when downloading from IE 8 viewing on Reader 9
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$database = "XXXXX";
$username = "XXXXX";
$password = "XXXXXX";
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the db table (doc_name must contain the .pdf extension):
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`doc_ID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`doc_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`doc_file` longblob NOT NULL
PRIMARY KEY (`doc_ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
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