when i click a hyperlink targeted to a pdf-file, acrobat starts but
the file does not open. The strangest thing....I'm going crazy. Help!

Nicolas wrote:
when i click a hyperlink targeted to a pdf-file, acrobat starts but
the file does not open.


Does double-clicking a PDF file in Windows explorer work?
If not, check the file associations for PDF are correctly set e.g. by
re-installing Acrobat.

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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I also have the same problem. It also happens in Word. I thought it was just
Acrobat 7 but on re-loading version 6 the same thing happans

"Nicolas" wrote:

when i click a hyperlink targeted to a pdf-file, acrobat starts but
the file does not open. The strangest thing....I'm going crazy. Help!

You might check your file type definitions.
My Computer, tools, file types, folder options

Open [Edit] would look something like:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "%1"

I would avoid having
PDF files being opened within anything but the Adobe Reader
because it really slows down IE and Firefox if you open from
within a browser as if it were an HTML file. You would not want
Word using IE to open a PDF file, and that I suspect might be
your problem.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Dougie" wrote in message ...
I also have the same problem. It also happens in Word. I thought it was just
Acrobat 7 but on re-loading version 6 the same thing happans

"Nicolas" wrote:

when i click a hyperlink targeted to a pdf-file, acrobat starts but
the file does not open. The strangest thing....I'm going crazy. Help!

Checked that and it's OK.
The hyperlink should launch Adobe Acrobat and open file file within it.
Adobe launches, then immediately closes.
I've tried removing Acrobat and re-installing but nothing changes. All other
applications used as a hyperlink launch works, i.e. Word, Paint Shop Pro,
even E-mail.

"David McRitchie" wrote:

You might check your file type definitions.
My Computer, tools, file types, folder options

Open [Edit] would look something like:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "%1"

I would avoid having
PDF files being opened within anything but the Adobe Reader
because it really slows down IE and Firefox if you open from
within a browser as if it were an HTML file. You would not want
Word using IE to open a PDF file, and that I suspect might be
your problem.
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Dougie" wrote in message ...
I also have the same problem. It also happens in Word. I thought it was just
Acrobat 7 but on re-loading version 6 the same thing happans

"Nicolas" wrote:

when i click a hyperlink targeted to a pdf-file, acrobat starts but
the file does not open. The strangest thing....I'm going crazy. Help!

I'm having the exact same problem--from a Word hyperlink Acrobat opens and
immediately closes. I've got Office XP and Acrobat 7.

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Oh, the full Acrobat not just the Acrobat Reader, interesting.


"Joel Nickerson via OfficeKB.com" wrote..
I'm having the exact same problem--from a Word hyperlink Acrobat opens and
immediately closes. I've got Office XP and Acrobat 7.