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Setting Reader as the default PDF handler in IE7

amwill
Registered: Oct 10 2007
Posts: 2

How do I set IE7 to use the Reader8 as the default? I have the professinal version 4 installed, and IE7 keeps tyring to use it, which causes errors. Thanks

My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Open IE and click Tools, Internet Options.

Click Internet Programs, Set programs and select Choose programs that Windows use by default, select Associate a file type with a program.

Scroll down to the .pdf extension and select Adobe Reader as the program to open your PDF files.

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