Ie7 won t open pdf files

Hi, Q. Are you running bit Windows? If that doesn't help, re-enable the PDF add-on. In reply to Don Varnau's post on February 10, Yes, I am running 64 bit Windows. In reply to LeftyinNY's post on February 11, Here are two solutions: 1.

This registry edit has resolved the issue for many users. In reply to Don Varnau's post on February 11, Thanks for your help Don. Unfortunately, neither of your suggestions worked. In reply to A. User's post on February 11, I followed your instructions above. I am using Adobe Reader The options under Web Browser Options are - Display in read mode by default - - - Allow fast web view - - - and Allow Speculative downloading in the background. In reply to LeftyinNY's post on February 16, Microsoft Edge.

We have the same problem: a message saying that Internet Explorer cannot display the page. IF its a word document, FireFox will display a dialog box asking how it should open the file. Whatever is selected iexplorer or Word the result is the same: an empty word document is displayed. Although IIS Log shows there is successful access to the file but it doesn't tell which browser is the request came from.

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