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Acrobat appending embedded linked items vs opening them

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2008-06-05 09:51:29
NGCBruce
Registered: Jun 5 2008
Posts: 2
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I'm running Windows XP with Adobe Acrobat Professional 6. After downloading and installing the latest Acrobat Reader (8.1.2), whenever I click on a link (that used to open the linked item in it's native application), the item is now being automatically downloaded and appended to my document as an embedded item. It appears the install for Adobe Reader 8.2.1 changed some setting making this "default" behavior. Any clues on how to correct this? Same behavior now occurs in both Acrobat Professional 6.0 & Acrobat Reader 8.1.2.

My Product Information:
Reader 8.1.2, Windows
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2008-06-20 11:55:54
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
The problem you're experiencing is associated with installing both Acrobat and Reader on the same system. It's not recommend having multiple versions of Acrobat or Adobe Reader installed on the same machine because of numerous components that have similar functionality and can cause conflicts on a machine. The most prevalent among these conflicts involves the plug-ins for rendering PDF files in the browser. For more information you can check out the following technical note:

[url=http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333223&sliceId=1]Acrobat product interoperability: Install and remove Acrobat and Adobe Reader (8.x on Windows)[/url]You might also try unchecking the following preference to see if it corrects the issue in Reader 8: Edit --> Preferences --> Internet Panel "Display PDF in Browser"

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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