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mrsl81326743
mrsl81326743
Participant
January 28, 2017
Question

How to make Adobe Acrobat 5.0 the default?

  • January 28, 2017
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If anybody out there knows the answer to my question,could s/he please be kind enough to explain it to me.

I use a PC,Windows10 which insists on Acrobat Reader DC which I cannot stand.I am used to the Acrobat 5.0 but no matter how many times I click on "Always use this app.." next time it reverts back to the Reader.

Thank you for your help.

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mrsl81326743
mrsl81326743Author
Participant
January 29, 2017

Dear Meenakshi,

thank you for taking trouble to explain how to make the hated Acrobat Reader a default.

I wonder if changing to Chromebook would help me to choose what and when I want to use.

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 29, 2017

Hi mrsl81326743,

Please refer the steps provided in this help article:  Associate PDF files to always open in Acrobat or Reader on Windows 10

Check if it helps.

Would like to inform you that Adobe Acrobat 5 is not compatible with Windows 10.

It may or may not work properly with this OS version.

It is also an old and unsupported version.

Regards,

Meenakshi

Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
January 30, 2017

Actually, there are many features of Acrobat 5 that we know won't either install or work under Windows 10.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
mrsl81326743
mrsl81326743Author
Participant
January 31, 2017

Dear Dov Isaacs,

as long as the enforced Reader cannot do things which the Acrobat 5 did with ease,I have every reason to feel hard done by MS. Generally speaking MS has become unbearably dictatorial and while I realise that Apple and Google too prefer and push their own products, they do it in a less Big Brother-ly manner.W10 is unpleasant to use and if W11 does not improve the experience I shall not be the only one to Change to Google.

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