How do I get Adobe Acrobat Reader to open a .pdf file.
When I click a pdf file on the Web it won't open. If I download it, save it to the desktop and click it - it won't open. When I open Acrobat Reader 6 and go to the file - it opens just fine. I cannot do the "always open this file with this program" bit. The error message is:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\G1PrinciplesOfHomeCanning.pdf is not a valid Win32 application.
I had an earlier version of the Reader. When I installed Adobe Photoshop Elements it came with version 6 - so I installed it and deleted version 5.x. The 2 versions seemed to coexist just fine but I didn't see the point of having 2 versions.
Does anyone have any idea where I went wrong and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance. MKS

Have you tried the latest version? The current version is Adobe Acrobat Reader 7. The original document may have been created in the newer version. You can choose to download the "Adobe Yahoo Toolbar and/or the Adobe Photoshop Album 2 Starter". You have the choice of NOT downloading either or both of those extra programs.
Good Luck,