I just successfully opened a linked PDF file.

Put a pdf file in the C:/temp directory
Try on your start menu in the run box type in the following

acrord32 - this should open adobe with no
document
acrord32 c:/temp/abc.pdf - this should openadobe with document abc


If these fail, then the problem is not with excel. There is something wrong
with Window setup. I trying to isolate the problem to make sure it is an
excel problem.

I right clicked on the cell where I wanted the link and selected hyperlink.
then I made sure that Existing file or Webpage was selected.

"zwalbij" wrote:

Hi everyone,

I encounter the following problem. All my hyperlinks work except for the
hyperlinks that refer to PDF files. When I click on the hyperlink the
computer wants to start up the application Adobe Acrobat Reader, but within a
fraction of a second the application closes again. I think a setting is
wrong, because of which Excel doesn't allow me to open up a linked pdf.file

How can help me out? Thanks in advance.

A. Bijl,
The Netherlands