I always had good luck with Adobe Acrobat v3.0 - it was fast loading and did everything I wanted.
Then a few sites posted forms that had features only Adobe Reader v6.0 support, like colored fonts, which I can do without.
But v6.0 takes a full minute to load on my system, which is a royal pain. So I unloaded it and reinstalled v3.0. I was happy again.
But now there are a few sites that have on-line form-fill pages that require v6.0.
I would like to have v3.0 be the default that pops up when I click on a .pdf link in Google. And if I want v6.0 for a particular item, it’s on my right-click menu.
But somehow, I can’t figure out how to make v3.0 the dominant one anymore. I will right-click, select Open With… v3.0 and check the box Always Use This Program For This File Type, but that doesn’t happen. How can I make it happen?
I’m in a similar situation to the OP; I have Acrobat Exchange 3.01 (i.e. the full program with reading, writing, scanning etc), and Acrobat Reader 5.0 both installed. I usually want to open a PDF with the 5.0 Reader (I can’t stand Acrobat 6 since it’s so bloated), but can right-click and “Send To” Acrobat Exchange 3.01 when I need to edit the PDF.
While setting this system up on various occasions, I found that the last version installed seemed to set itself to be the default, regardless of any later “Always Use This Program For This File Type” maneuvers.
Perhaps you might try uninstalling v3.0, then reinstalling it? You don’t say what OS you’re using, so it might not work for you (I’ve done it on Win98 and Win2000). Also, Acrobat v6.0 might be more “jealous” of its file associations than earlier versions.
Antonius Block -
Thanks! That did the trick.