# Mozilla has forgotten how to use Acrobat Reader.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070 "2005-08-08T04:20:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070/1 "2005-08-08T04:20:05Z")

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I can open PDF files with Reader so I know it works. But if I click a PDF link on the net all i get is a blank page.

Is there anyway I can get it back?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070/2 "2005-08-08T04:28:13Z")

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Have you tried uninstalling and then downloading and re-installing the reader? I had a similiar issue with Firefox a while back, and that’s the fix I applied. You can find the download [here](http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070/3 "2005-08-08T05:26:03Z")

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Firefox locked up when I opened a pdf. I updated to 1.0.4 and it fixed the problem.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070/4 "2005-08-08T05:27:41Z")

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The latest release is 1.0.6, which is what I’m using.

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**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-has-forgotten-how-to-use-acrobat-reader/316070/5 "2005-08-08T14:18:58Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Have you tried uninstalling and then downloading and re-installing the reader? I had a similiar issue with Firefox a while back, and that’s the fix I applied. You can find the download [here](http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

Reinstalling worked! Thank you very much.