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Paul, When Melvin refered to explorer window he means windows explorer, ie a folder window, not internet explorer. Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: paul anderson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 5:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] > > Melvin: > > When I click on "Tools" from the explorer window, "Folder Options" do not > come up. What comes up are the following: > > - Mail & News > - Syncronize > - Windows Update > - Show Related Links > - Internet Options > > none of which leads to "Folder Options". > > Would appreciate your review and advice of how to ultimately get to "File > Types", AND then what applications should be assigned to "File Types" --- > and how to get the appropriate application re: Adobe Acrobat Reader. > > Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Melvin Backus <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 6:04 AM > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] > > Hi Paul, > > From an explorer window, click on Tools, Folder Options, File Types. > Select the PDF extension and it should tell you what application is > assigned to them. The other thing to try is to just double click on a pdf > file from the explorer window and make sure that Acrobat opens the file. > > At 10:16 AM 7/2/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > Melvin: > > Thank you for your timely response. Glad to know I'm not > the only one with such a problem --- none of my close associates have > occurred such a situation. > > One question, how do I "be sure that the association for the > pdf extension is assigned to Acrobat"? > > Paul Anderson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Melvin Backus <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] > > > Hi Paul, > > > I've had numerous complaints from friends and > clients with essentially the same complaint. They, like you, were using > Outlook Express. It seems to be a fairly common issue. For some time I > found that having them save the attachment first, then opening the saved > file worked reliably, but I've since found that in several of the cases, > the problem was related to file associations being missing or wrong. Make > sure that the association for the pdf extension is assigned to Acrobat. > If that still doesn't resolve the issue, or it is in fact already that > way, you should still be able to fall back to the "save and then open" > mode. > > > At 10:19 AM 7/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > I have a problem. > > > > I am operating a computer running on Windows 2000 > Professional. > > > > I cannot decode pdf messages "received as > attachments to e-mails". Message I receive states that "Message was not > decoded properly. This version of Windows 2000 is not supported. You > should upgrade to ServcicePack 2 and run setup again". > > > > I have upgraded not only to Service Pack 2 but > Service Pack 3 and 4 as well. > > > > Still my computer does not decode "pdf messages > received as attachments to e-mails". > > > > I would appreciate your assistance. > > > > Paul Anderson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive > mad. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Melvin Backus > > Primary Wizard > > Sleepy Dragon Technical Services > > www.sleepydragon.net <http://www.sleepydragon.net/> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Melvin Backus > Primary Wizard > Sleepy Dragon Technical Services > > www.sleepydragon.net <http://www.sleepydragon.net/> > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
