Open File in Reader or Acrobat

I have Acrobat 8 and Reader X installed on my PC (Vista Business). After installing updates for both programs over the past few months I have lost the default toolbar on documents I download from the web and need to use F8 to get a toolbar. In addition, last week I had an "accessibility" screen pop up when I opened a document and took me through a number of set-up screens so that my documents no longer open up the same size and also appear fuzzy until I manually enlarge them, and finally, I notice that my documents always open with "Acrobat Standard" rather than Reader. So now I'm wondering if Acrobat and Reader conflict with each other. If I have Acrobat do I really need Reader? Is there a way to force Reader to open the document instead of Acrobat? If I get rid of Reader will this fix all the issues I have (no toolbar, fuzzy looking docs)? I don't know who makes the decisions to "update" but everything WAS working fine until the updates.

You can create files that don't work properly in other readers (as you have), but you cannot take any action to control which app the user selects (or get) to open a file.
Worse, many people do not understand when they are opening a file outside Adobe Reader, as constant posts here prove; they do not realise that Chrome or FireFox don't use Adobe Reader.

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Every time I click on a link while in browser IE 7.0 that calls to open a pdf I am receiving this error. I am running Win XP Pro w/SP2.
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I have tired to do the "Repair Adobe Reader Installation" and it runs through the process and appears to go through ok. But I am still having the problem when I get on the web and click on a pdf. I have restarted my computer after the installation as well to see if that would help (incase files needed to finish installation) and I am still getting the same problem.
What does work...I am able to save the link by "Save Target As" to my computer and are able to view the files and additional all other PDF files physically on my computer will open fine in Reader 9.1.2, just not files located on the web.
Is this a common issue going around or local. I did not have this problem with v.8 prior to this upgrade.
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After using CutePDF Writer to output a file from the print screen of Adobe Reader 9.0, I am unable to open it. 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 damaged."
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metaphiz wrote:
After using CutePDF Writer to output a file from the print screen of Adobe Reader 9.0,
The file was created using Acrobat Pro 9.0.
You either used Cute or you used Acrobat. Which one?
If Cute was involved and the file shows 0kb, then it's a CutePDF issue. You'll want to talk to their people about it.

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sechi/applcsf/log/SECHI_orav880d/FNDOPP1380237.txt for reading
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If I need to change the log level of OPP please also tell me how to do that if it would provide some clues.
THanks Marvin

One more thing I am going to try first....
I am going to change the service ID of the OPP manager. It keeps trying
to restart the dead process maybe that it is..
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The only way I can open a PDF is to launch the Reader X software and click "open files" from there. Obviously, this doesn't help me since I need to email PDFs to clients, and printing 'n faxing isn't an option.
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