Skip to main content
SNOREAustralia
SNOREAustralia
Participant
January 19, 2015
Question

How to I stop the Preview Pane in Windows 7 retaining control when I open a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat (Reader is NOT installed)

  • January 19, 2015
  • 1 reply
  • 1392 views

I have the preview pane active when selecting PDF Documents.  When I open a PDF document I am unable to save any changes. the error message I receive:

"The documents could not be saved. The file ma be read-only,or another user may have it open. Please save the document with a different name of in a different folder"

The document is not read only and no other user has it open.  If I turn the preview pane OFF there is no problem saving changes.  I have also un-installed Adobe Reader.

Other programs (such as Excel, Word) do not experience the same problems as the PDF documents.

Does anyone have a solution?

This topic has been closed for replies.

1 reply

S
Sara_Forsberg
Inspiring
January 19, 2015

Hi snoreaustralia,

It sounds like you just need to associate the PDF filename extension with Acrobat, rather than Preview. Please see this document from the Microsoft Help for instructions on choosing the default program for opening a particular file type (in your case, PDF): Change which programs Windows uses by default - Windows Help

Best,

Sara

SNOREAustralia
SNOREAustraliaAuthor
Participant
January 20, 2015

Sara, Thanks but I've done that already. Adobe Acrobat is the default program for PDF files, if I don't have preview pane active there is no issue.  Do you know if I can set the Preview function to another program (such as Adobe Reader) but still have the default program as Adobe Acrobat for the PDF files?

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices