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Topic # 123252 30-Jun-2013 22:45
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OS: Windows 8 Pro
Browser: IE 10 desktop

I can right click and download fine but if I try to open or browse to a URL for a PDF file then IE just stops responding and asks me to close it.

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  Reply # 847539 30-Jun-2013 22:51
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Windows updates all up to date and installed? Adobe reader up to date?




Do whatever you want to do man.

  

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  Reply # 847542 30-Jun-2013 22:58
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Try Foxit.

 
 
 
 


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  Reply # 847548 30-Jun-2013 23:31
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Foiler: Try Foxit.


and a better browser



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  Reply # 847575 1-Jul-2013 08:15
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I really don't want to install another PDF program when I have Adobe a creative Cloud. Just bloats the system.

Also IE10 is a great browser. Nothing like the older IEs of days gone by. I much prefer it over chrome and Firefox

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  Reply # 847577 1-Jul-2013 08:20
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Are you using the Windows 8 PDF reader app or the Adobe PDF Reader?





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  Reply # 847578 1-Jul-2013 08:22
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Make sure IE hasn't defaulted to opening the 64 bit version (you should be using 32 bit version). This happened at work recently to someone and they couldn't open PDF's or Excel files from the Intranet.



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  Reply # 847589 1-Jul-2013 08:54
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I'm using Adobe Reader XI.

I disable the browser options in Adobe Reader XI and disable the adobe addon in IE10

Now when I open PDF it just opens adobe reader and it works but ti wont open them within the browser

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  Reply # 847594 1-Jul-2013 09:12
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Good it works some way, not the exact way you wanted.

I personally rather have open the PDF inside a reader, not the browser. But that's personal preference.




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