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Why do I receive this message? The Adobe Acrobat Reader that is running cannot be used to view PDF files in a browser. Please exit Adobe Acrobat Reader and your web browser and try again.

AnonymousUser
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The Adobe Acrobat Reader that is running cannot be used to view PDF files in a browser.  Please exit Adobe Acrobat Reader and your web browser and try again.


This happened

A few times a week

== Early this year

The Adobe Acrobat Reader that is running cannot be used to view PDF files in a browser. Please exit Adobe Acrobat Reader and your web browser and try again. == This happened == A few times a week == Early this year

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AnonymousUser
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I have tried 3 Adobe Reader Add-ons and I get this message from Firefox on all three.l How do I open PDF's from Firefox 3.6.3??

the-edmeister
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See these KB articles:

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox