- #Get adobe reader for windows vista pdf
- #Get adobe reader for windows vista install
- #Get adobe reader for windows vista Offline
In Firefox and SeaMonkey, also make sure that the option to use the plugin for opening PDF files is selected in your (Helper) Applications listing, as follows (for additional information, read File types and download actions): Reopen your Mozilla application and recheck the about:plugins list.Ĭheck Firefox or SeaMonkey options/preferences for Applications To fix this, close your Mozilla application and delete the file "pluginreg.dat" from the profile folder location (the file will be regenerated). If about:plugins doesn't list the Adobe Acrobat plugin, the file that stores plugin information may be damaged.
Open the Add-ons Manager in Firefox ("Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins") or SeaMonkey ("Tools -> Add-ons Manager-> Plugins") and verify that the Adobe Acrobat plugin is listed and enabled. If that's not happening, do the following: Links to PDF files should open automatically in a browser window or tab and opening a webpage with an embedded PDF document should display the PDF content. You can test the plugin by clicking this test link: For Linux or other operating systems, visit PluginDoc.Īdobe Reader includes a browser plugin which is enabled by default. The following applies to the Adobe Reader browser plugin on Windows. See the Adobe forum thread Reader XI not available for Windows Vista. Note: Adobe Reader XI is not officially supported on Windows Vista but can still be installed. For example, to download the Adobe Reader XI (version 11.0.06) English-US installer for Windows, go to and save the file "AdbeRdr11006_en_US.exe" to your computer.
After the Adobe Reader download is finished, close your Mozilla browser, go to the location where you saved the installation file (e.g., your Desktop or Downloads folder) and then run the installer.Īlternately, review the Adobe Reader system requirements, go to the Adobe Reader FTP site and download the installer for your operating system and language.
#Get adobe reader for windows vista Offline
The full, offline installer is available from the Adobe Reader Distribution page. You can also download current and previous versions of Adobe Reader here. I don't know what else to do.To get the current version of Adobe Reader, go to and click the "Download" button. I've even uninstalled and then reinstalled in selective mode to no avail. This post has been edited by Fenor: Apr 7 2007, 02:59 PM
#Get adobe reader for windows vista install
Adobe Reader 8 should now install successfully. Now once again right-click the AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe file and choose Run As Administrator. Make sure the drop-down box below that reads Windows XP (Service Pack 2), changing it if need be. Now under the heading COMPATIBILITY MODE, put a check in the box for run this program in compatibility mode for. In the new window that appears, click on the COMPATIBILITY tab. What you need to do is locate the AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe file you downloaded and right-click on it and choose PROPERTIES. I followed the advice from another poster that I found here: Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.". A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. I keep getting the error "invalid plugin detected, adobe reader will quit" Then I close that box and a windows explorer box opens up that says "Adobe reader 8.1 has stopped working. Everything seemed fine until my next attempt at opening any and all PDF's. Upon my first attempt at opening a PDF I was prompted to download Adobe Reader 8.1 from the Adobe website. Just got my desktop back from HP with a new hard drive.