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re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types'
Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 7:50 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by TOASTER
(431 messages posted)
this is a shot in the dark but it may work, make a copy of acrord32.exe rename to
acroread.exe put it in the same location and see what happens. ..
On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 9:59 pm, pscowboy wrote:
>This is a six year old unit. Back in those days, the Reader was version 3. As the
>new versions came out, we just keep upgrading. Versions 3&4 executable was spelled
>acroread. Starting with v.5 the executable changed to acrord32. I had no problem
>with the file association changing until I went to v.6.
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>When I hit version 6, I uninstalled all the old ones for space concerns.
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>Something in the bowels of the sub-system is screwing with the pdf association after
>I make it right. The maddening thing is, it works okay for awhile. Then ""it"" wants
>to revert back to the old association. A real "Twilight Zone" mystery maybe never
>to be solved.
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