This is a very serious bug, making AdobeReader completely useless in many big documentation system, which relies on that customers can read PDF files, following links to see details and "back" again to continue reading the original document!

I really hope Adobe very very very quickly will fix this and at the same time ensure this "back to previous place in previous PDF file" also works when reading via web browsers.

I definitely do not agree with you. This is a really bad BUG and unless fixed, it makes adobereader completely useless and will force many companies to spend lots of money and time to find other ways to create documentation for large projects, where full interaction is needed. Do you want also HTML to stop supporting links both forwards and back?

When will it be restored? Or do you really mean that we must create an entire new documentation system based on some other reader, because one of the most important features have been removed?

Most of my customers are also willing to know when this is released ? Any information would be helpful.

-Nicole

It is after updating to 10.1.3 that I realized that it is no longer working. Best Regards / lennart

I have been told by Adobe support that this is not a bug, but a security feature.

   Our company has, over many years, developed for our most important software application a PDF help system with hundreds of books and thousands of pages. There are myriad links between and within the books. In order to make navigation through this morass easier, we have provided our users a starting "Main Menu" with links to the books. We also set it up so that only one PDF is open at any given time ("open in same window" option), otherwise a user could end up with hundreds of open PDF documents on their taskbar or desktop. We also have our users take advantage of the "Previous View" mechanism to make it easier to navigate while keeping only one window open at a time.  (The browser "Back" button trick will not work with PDFs that have been closed).

  However, Since version X of the Reader, the Previous View mechanism will not work with PDFs that have been closed. That is, you can only get back to a previous view in another PDF if it is still open. As mentioned above, this could leave our users with hundreds of open PDFs, and thus it is not an option for us. But Adobe has ignored our pleas.

  You must vote with your feet; that is all Adobe understands. Adobe does not care about our needs and we have given up on them. We are currently telling our users:

  "If you use a non-Adobe PDF reader, you will be able to install it on a system alongside any version of Adobe Reader, including version 10. We have found that Tracker Software makes an excellent free product called PDF-XChange Viewer, which may be downloaded HERE. PDF-XChange has a smaller footprint, is faster, and has more features than Adobe Reader, including a 64-bit version for Windows XP/Vista/7.

  To set up this program to optimally use our help system, go to Preferences, and under "General," specify that the Documents Layout be Single rather than Multiple. Then you will be able to use the Alt keys with the arrows, or the Previous/Next View buttons on the toolbar, with closed PDFs."

Hi Deepak, and thanks,

I sincerely hope that Adobe at the same time will fix the same problematic bug (back-to-previous-place-in-previous PDF file ON SAME SERVER) when reading PDF via a browser and Adobe addon, because both we and our customers also read our big documentation help system via web access.

Regards /Lennart