I had Reader 5.0, then installed Reader 9, now all my. PDF icons are just white Windows files
Greetings. I have Windows 2000, SP4. I 'had' Adobe Reader 5.0 and decided to charge the last player. So I loaded Reader 9.0, and now all my .pdf files resemble white unrecognized files. If I clicked, Reader opens them again, but the icons for all the .pdf files are false.
I then uninstalled the old Reader 5.0 (I thought that the Reader 9 would have doe that for me, but didn't) and restarted. However, the file icons are screwed up. I uninstalled Reader 9, re-installed Reader 9... same thing. I did a "repair" of reader installation 9... same problem.
So, how can I fix this mess? I want PDF the way icons which they returned.
Thank you very much, ARG
If you have an easy solution, please send an email to: yankeeman (at) linkline (dot) com
How about that? All this installation and removal, registry analyses, etc... Ad naseum and the fix was as simple as that. Since I fixed it myself, can I get a gift card to Starbucks or something?
Sherlock Holmes has a saying: "when the logical answers fail you, the rest, however illogical is the answer."
I'll have to remember what you did for the next time. Good job and Yes you deserve a Starbucks card. Now go out there and buy yourself one!
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