Trying to open a pdf file (from email attachment) triggers Windows Media
Center to open.
I don't know how to view a pdf file in the Media Center so I have to save
the attachment, then use "open with" option to choose Adobe Reader 8.1 (which
I have). Attachments are clearly ".pdf" files and open to Adobe reader on
computer with Windows XP.

How can I have my computer associate pdf files with Adobe Reader and not
Windows Media Center?




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snw

You can try this

Start > Default Programs > Select Associate a file type or protocol with a
program > Locate and double click on .pdf > Verify if Adobe Reader is visible
if not

Click on Browse > Navigate to C:\program files\adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader >
double click on AcroRD32.exe > Upon doing so look at the bottom of the Open
With Window > Ensure that Always use the selected program to open this kind
of file is ticked > click ok and retry again.

Hope this helps.

"snw" wrote:
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> Trying to open a pdf file (from email attachment) triggers Windows Media
> Center to open.
> I don't know how to view a pdf file in the Media Center so I have to save
> the attachment, then use "open with" option to choose Adobe Reader 8.1 (which
> I have). Attachments are clearly ".pdf" files and open to Adobe reader on
> computer with Windows XP.
>
> How can I have my computer associate pdf files with Adobe Reader and not
> Windows Media Center?
>
>
>
>
> --
> snw[/color]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:41:00 -0700, snw <snw@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
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>Trying to open a pdf file (from email attachment) triggers Windows Media
>Center to open.
>I don't know how to view a pdf file in the Media Center so I have to save
>the attachment, then use "open with" option to choose Adobe Reader 8.1 (which
>I have). Attachments are clearly ".pdf" files and open to Adobe reader on
>computer with Windows XP.
>
>How can I have my computer associate pdf files with Adobe Reader and not
>Windows Media Center?[/color]

Default Programs

Associate a Filt Type....

Default programs>Associate a file
That was easy! Thank-you for the help.
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snw


"Porkribs" wrote:
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> You can try this
>
> Start > Default Programs > Select Associate a file type or protocol with a
> program > Locate and double click on .pdf > Verify if Adobe Reader is visible
> if not
>
> Click on Browse > Navigate to C:\program files\adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader >
> double click on AcroRD32.exe > Upon doing so look at the bottom of the Open
> With Window > Ensure that Always use the selected program to open this kind
> of file is ticked > click ok and retry again.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "snw" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Trying to open a pdf file (from email attachment) triggers Windows Media
> > Center to open.
> > I don't know how to view a pdf file in the Media Center so I have to save
> > the attachment, then use "open with" option to choose Adobe Reader 8.1 (which
> > I have). Attachments are clearly ".pdf" files and open to Adobe reader on
> > computer with Windows XP.
> >
> > How can I have my computer associate pdf files with Adobe Reader and not
> > Windows Media Center?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > snw[/color][/color]