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| From | GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.text.pdf, alt.comp.microsoft.windows |
| Subject | Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? |
| Date | 2020-11-09 19:12 -0600 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <rocpda$7bq$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <roc16r$l7l$1@news.mixmin.net> <rocoiq$1u8g$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
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On 11/9/2020 6:58 PM, GlowingBlueMist wrote: > On 11/9/2020 12:19 PM, Arlen Holder wrote: >> How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default >> when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 >> (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? >> >> This is really a question of how the hell Windows works anyway. >> >> Does anyone know Windows 10 well enough to know how Adobe pulls this >> trick? >> o Win+R > ms-settings:defaultapps >> Choose default apps by file type: >> o PDF === Adobe Acrobat 6 >> <https://i.postimg.cc/hjp0Hxzy/pdf01.jpg> >> >> Choose default apps by protocol: >> o URL: Acrobat Protocol === Adobe Acrobat Reader DC >> <https://i.postimg.cc/NjDQsfPd/pdf02.jpg> >> >> 1. If I _only_ have Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) installed, >> it's easy to make it the default when PDFs are doubleclicked. >> >> Likewise, if I only have Adobe Acrobat DC (the reader) installed, >> it's easy to make it the default when PDFs are doubleclicked. >> >> 2. But if I have _both_ installed, then, for whatever sneaky clever >> Windows or Adobe reason, _only_ Acrobat DC (the reader) comes up >> when I doubleclick on a PDF file. >> >> Why? >> o More importantly, how do I figure out what "magic" is happening? >> >> How does Adobe "trick" Windows into opening the PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC >> (the reader) when I clearly have the default for PDF files set to open up >> in Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer)? >> >> This is really more of a question of how the hell does Windows work! >> o That is, how can I debug what is _really_ happening when I click on >> PDFs? >> >> It irks me I don't understand Windows well enough to understand why >> when I doubleclick on a PDF, and if I try to set the default to the >> Adobe Acrobat Writer, the _reader_ still comes up, even though that's not >> what I want to happen. >> >> Does anyone know Windows 10 well enough to know how Adobe does this >> trick? >> > Give the info at this link a viewing. > https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477 > > Basically you get to tell the PC which file extension is opened by what > program. > > In your case find the extensions Adobe is using and tell each of them to > use the Adobe Acrobat Writer rather the reader. Include doing those > pesky "Not Selected" over to what you want to open them as well. If my failing memory is working, leaving a file type as "Not Selected" is supposed to cause a pop-up window asking you what program you want to use to open the file. You just have to watch it when you then pick a program as a check box or something like it might say to effect, "Use this program every time for this file type." Don't pick that option if you really want to be asked how to open that file type, every time.
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How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-09 18:19 +0000
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2020-11-09 18:58 -0600
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2020-11-09 19:12 -0600
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-20 00:49 +0000
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-20 00:16 +0000
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-20 00:33 +0000
Re: How do I get Adobe Acrobat 6 (the writer) to be my default when I doubleclick on a PDF file in Windows 10 (with Adobe Acrobat DC, the reader, also installed)? Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-20 16:04 +0000
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