IE7 Acrobat Reader dll

[vandoren3]

Hi,

IE7 will not open PDFs on my notebook computer: P4, WinXP Pro (SP2), 1GB RAM. I have Acrobat Reader 8 on the computer. AcReader works fine with Firefox 2 and resident PDFs.

It's interesting... In IE7, when I go to Tools, Internet Options,
Programs, Manage add ons, Manage add ons will not open. So, I cannot
check to see that Acrobat Reader is on that list. This is true for
my notebook computer but not for my desktop computer. I wonder how I
can make sure that the appropriate dll is being read by IE7 in the
notebook.

Perhaps, there is a registry setting that should be changed in order
to allow Managae add ons to function correctly.

Can you help me with this part of the problem?

Thanks.

[pip22]

More likely an install problem with IE7 as the add-on manager won't open. My advice is to uninstall IE7 through Add/Remove Programs (it's listed as "Windows Internet Explorer" now, not Microsoft Internet Explorer). Then re-install, preferably from a fresh download.

[vandoren3]

Thanks for your advice. I've deleted and re-installed IE7. Problem seems to be related to the following message I receive when I attempt to download PDFs:

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

I have full administrator permissions.

In the title bar of this dialog box is the following:

C:\Documents and Settings\(account name)\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ATUNA1IJ\(file name).pdf

In Windows Explorer, I find no sub-folders in Temporary Internet Files for this Windows user account. The other Windows User Account on this computer does show a series of folders in the Read Only folder Content.IE5, including ATUNA1IJ.

I think there are missing folders for one of my Windows User Accounts. Do you know how to repair this problem?

Thank you again.

[vandoren3]

I left out one thing...

The sub-folder Content.IE5 is a Read Only folder with a muted icon. No right-click, New function is available.