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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Troubleshooting problems opening PDF files in Internet Explorer window
Found a new solution to the following problem:
When you click a .PDF link in a web page, the PDF document may not open and you see a image placeholder icon or a Red X in the browser window. To resolve the problem, follow the checklist mentioned in this article.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/pdf.htm
The previous recommendation had always been to reinstall Acrobat/Reader. If this solution works, you don't have to. I just did the Regsvr32 solution for one of my writers, and everything worked fine.
