Issues with Creating PDF files

Hi guys,
When I create a pdf say from the epson scan utility or within open office it creates another pdf file on my desktop which I cannot open. I get the error Adobe Reader could not open 'filename.pdf'" because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).
How do I stop this from happening?
Any help is always appreciated. Thanks so much

Found the solution for this. Here it is if anyone else has the same issue:
This is actually quite simple to resolve. Go to: Tools / Options
Go to the "Advanced" tab
Click on "Config Editor"
Look for: mail.server.default.fetch_by_chunks
Click on it to change the default to "false"
Save.

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