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armadillo12
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May 17, 2012
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PDF file won't open with double click

  • May 17, 2012
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Mac OSX 10.6.8/Acrobat 10.1.3.

Suddenly pdf files won't open with a double click, I now have to open Acrobat and file>open.

Also, once they're open, they won't close by clicking the red close dot, I now have to go to file>close.

Very frustrating!

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Correct answer Daniel Flavin

Sounds like they lost their Open With association.

Select a pdf, cmd+i to bring up info.

Within that dialog, their should be an Open With (Open all & open this file)

But the close anomaly suggests Repairing the Installation (Done within Acrobat)

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pgurney
Participating Frequently
October 15, 2015

I have the same issue- after one of the various updates, Reader 11.0.13  will not open on any double-click or open-with command from the desktop.

I can open the same PDF with Apple Preview just fine.

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firstorm531
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August 18, 2015

Updated Adobe Acrobat Pro this morning (version now reads 10.1.15), OS X 10.9.5 and when I double click any PDF (even those created natively on the computer) I receive the following error:

The Application "Adobe Acrobat Pro" can't be opened -600

Adobe is the default program to open all PDFs.  If I have the newest version of Acrobat open and I open the same PDF using the 'File Open' option in the drop down menu, then the PDF will open.

Its like the double-click ability to open has been broken.  Thoughts?

    Daniel Flavin
    Daniel FlavinCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 17, 2012

    Sounds like they lost their Open With association.

    Select a pdf, cmd+i to bring up info.

    Within that dialog, their should be an Open With (Open all & open this file)

    But the close anomaly suggests Repairing the Installation (Done within Acrobat)

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      Anonymous
      June 11, 2012

      I'm having the exact same problem as the other person.  No PDF I try to open will open in 10.1.3 on OS 10.7.4.  I've checked and double checked the Open With Association and that's not the problem.  Double clicking on a PDf actually will open Acrobat Pro, but the PDF just doesn't open.  Then when I go to close the PDF sometimes it won't close.

      I wasn't having any of these problems until I updated to CS6.  After I did this I started having the issues.

      You mentioned repairing the Acrobat installation, but I can't find anywhere to do this.  Can you point me in the right direction?  Maybe I should uninstall/reinstall Acrobat?

      Thanks.

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        armadillo12Author
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        June 11, 2012

        I ended up uninstalling and then reinstalling Acrobat. All working well now.

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