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Anonymous
October 15, 2012
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How can I disable viewing of PDF-files in browser in Adobe Reader XI?

  • October 15, 2012
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Hi everyone

After I have upgraded to Adobe Reader XI, I not longer can find the checkbox under settings>Internet, where I can disable that Adobe Reader XI viewing PDF-files in my browser.

If I instead press on the button, I can see in the dialog box Adobe refers to an article there give me instruction to turn off the viewing of PDF-files via my browser settings. When I follow these instructions, I can see that the plug-in to Adobe is disabled when I not viewing PDF-files in my browser, and enabled when I viewing PDF-files in my browser.

Therefore:

  1. 1. Why has Adobe removed the checkbox where I can disable viewing of PDF-files in my browser?
  2. 2. How can I now disable and enable viewing of PDF in my browser?

My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit, and my browser is Internet Explorer 8.

Very thanks.

Regards,

Boholdt

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      EliP
      EliP
      Participant
      July 18, 2016

      Hi, I'll preface this by saying that although I'm pretty computer-savvy, I'm no techie. I upgraded to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and this is precisely what happened to me as well. As soon as I upgraded my files immediately began being opened in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC but through Internet Explorer, so I assumed the upgraded program had been made my default. It apparently wasn't though, as once I went into to manually set it as default the problem was immediately corrected. Maybe you've already tried that but if not give it a try!

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      dan_rasch
      Participant
      September 11, 2015

      I solved it. See image below, but in text form:

      • Within Internet Explorer, navigate to "manage add-ons"
      • On the left-hand side, click the "show" drop-down box and select "run without permission"
      • Here, you will see an add-on called "Adobe PDF Reader". Select it, then click "disable".

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      grumppygeezer
      Participating Frequently
      June 22, 2015

      With Acrobat XI the only solution is to completely remove the browser integration. After installing the product.

      msiexec.exe /i{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AB0000000001} REMOVE=ReaderBrowserIntegration /q

      BTW thank you for making it easy to find.

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        joar79
        Participant
        November 9, 2017

        That helped me A LOT! Thanx

        RickAtWork-FUQYRP
        RickAtWork-FUQYRP
        Participant
        June 5, 2015

        But none of that works for IE 11. All the Adobe extensions are disabled, yet it continually opens the PDFs in IE.


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        Another IT HelpDesk
        Participant
        February 26, 2014

        If you follow Adobe instructions, they just advise to disable the IE PDF add-on.

        Some PC’s we have found still open in a browser even when the PDF browser add-on is disabled.

        Disabling using Adobe Reader Accessibility assitant fixed the problem.

        FYI – If you want to push this setting via a reg file/command line/GPO I found the registry key which needs to be created:

        reg add “HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0\Originals” /v bBrowserIntegration /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

        or using a .reg file:

         

        [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0\Originals]

        “bBrowserIntegration”=dword:00000000

          jeffb73235526
          jeffb73235526
          Participant
          February 25, 2015

          When I disable a pdf opening in Internet Explorer, my computer still attempts to do that. Also saving files, it wants to view the saved file in IE. How do I stop this and get the actual Adobe software to work??? I am not a computer expert, you are going to have to tell me where to put the registery info. I don't see "reg file/commad line /GPO. Need more info please.

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          Adobe Employee
          Dpakch
          Adobe Employee
          October 15, 2012

          Please refer to this link : http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-browser-acrobat-xi.html

          Regards,

          Deepak

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          Anonymous
          October 15, 2012

          Hi again

          I have read the article, but I can still not find the plugin I should

          disable in Internet Explorer 8.

          If I see a PDF-file in my browser, I can select and disable a plugin called

          PDF Adobe Reader, but next time I open Internet Explorer 8, I not can see

          the plugin.

          Another method is between the guide for accessibility

          (edit>Accessibility>Setup Assistant. On screen number 4, you can find the

          checkbox.

          Since I am blind, I can find the assistant.

          For my interessting, it is possible for sighted users of Adobe Reader to

          find the same assistant?

          Very thanks.

          Regards

          Boholdt

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          Adobe Employee
          pdfacro123
          Adobe Employee
          October 17, 2012

          Hi,

          Please try the following steps to disable Adobe Reader browser plug-in in IE8:

          1. Launch IE8

          2. Click on Tools menu > Manage Add-ons

          3. Select "Toolbars and Extensions" under "Add-on Types"

          4. Select "Run without permission" from the drop-down menu under "Show"

          5. Select ""Adobe PDF Reader"

          6. Click on the "Disable" button

          7. Click on "Close" button to dismiss the "View and Manage your Internet Explorer add-ons" dialog

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