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re: Opening PDF files in multiple windows with Acrobat/Reader
Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 9:47 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(5923 messages posted)
Windows doesn't control programs in that fashion so changing the registry won't help.
You can add a switch to a shortcut but without trying it myself, don't know if that
will work when auto launching. Adobe will have to tell you if there is a solution.
On Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 11:41 am, Dan wrote:
>Hi there...
>
>Acrobat has one of the most annoying "features" of any
>program that I have ever encountered, that when you
>open multiple files they open in multiple windows within
>the main acrobat window rather than in a separate top
>level window.
>
>
>A quick search of the web showed that you can start
>acrobat with the '/n' switch to open a new top level
>window each time that it is started. That works great
>and is a life saver for me who has dual monitors and likes
>to read things side by side sometimes (gasp!)
>
>
>Now the tricky part (and the actual question), how can I
>set things up so that when I double click on a .pdf file in
>the file manager it opens up the pdf file in a new top level
>window as well?
>
>
>I tried changing the registry key:
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>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf
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>Application to "Acrobat.exe /n" but no joy, windows
>doesn't recognize that the /n is a command line switch
>and just throws up a window asking me to choose what
>application to open the file with.
>
>
>Anyone have any ideas on this? Is is possible in general
>to supply command line switches to programs that are
>used to open files when they are double-clicked?
>
>
>thanks-
>dan
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