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how do I stop Firefox from opening a new tab every time I open an Adobe file in Acrobat?

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Every time I open a file in Acrobat, an empty blank tab opens in Mozilla Firefox browser. How can I stop this? Thank you.

Every time I open a file in Acrobat, an empty blank tab opens in Mozilla Firefox browser. How can I stop this? Thank you.

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philipp
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hello dba1, does it work when you go into the acrobat reader > edit > preferences > general & click on the default application option at the bottom? in there reselect adobe's application and confirm this selection...

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Hello philipp: thanks for help, but I am running Acrobat 8 Standard, version 8.3.1. I dont see the default application option that you are referring to.

philipp
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can you try to run a repair installation of adobe acrobat and to look in the system control panel if pdfs are associated to acrobat correctly?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859