4 Replies Latest reply: Apr 7, 2009 3:51 AM by SimonATS

Excel hyperlink opens reader 9 not standard 9

john_usnr Apr 6, 2009 8:44 AM

I create a hyper link in excel to a local pdf file in Office 2003 SP3 and it opens with reader even though when I open from the desktop, standard will open it as associated. Why is this?

1. Re: Excel hyperlink opens reader 9 not standard 9

John T Smith Apr 6, 2009 9:18 AM (in response to john_usnr)

New forum so I don't know how well the search works, but this has been discussed MANY times

General advice is to NOT have both Acrobat and Reader installed
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john_usnr Apr 6, 2009 9:24 AM (in response to John T Smith)

I wish it was that easy, but not an option in my environment.
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GKaiseril Apr 6, 2009 10:28 AM (in response to john_usnr)

Having multiple Acrobat products on a single system has always been a problem becuase the order of installaiton deteremines which is the default PDF viewer and the user preferences within the application need to be set not to tested and not to reset the preference.

You can have the application you want to have link open in open prior to clicking the link.
You can change the file association used by Windows Explorer and then do not change that selection.
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SimonATS Apr 7, 2009 3:51 AM (in response to john_usnr)

change 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document.7\shell\Open\command' default value to point to the reader path instead of Acrobat.exe
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