Adobe Reader Opens correctly large files but can't open small files

Report · Nov 01, 2020

Hi,

I changed to a Windows 10 operating system, and tried to open all my old downloaded files.
While Adobe Reader opens correctly large files and even huge ones (several hundreds MB), it's not able to open very small files (less than 50 KBs).

It gives me an error message "can't open this file, file type is not correct or damaged file".

Regards,

K.AYAD

Report · Nov 01, 2020

What can you see when you open the small files in Notepad?

Report · Nov 01, 2020

I can see an HTML content like the following:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html dir="ltr" lang="en"><head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Papyrologica_n4_1994_p087-114.pdf</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Papyrologica_n4_1994_p087-114_fichiers/rsAC2dHMLzWGtq8TwBCfDG3K7_ZZ6xOcbArw.css"></head><body class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-qbOKL-OEVmcd"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc ndfHFb-c4YZDc-AHmuwe-Hr88gd-OWB6Me ndfHFb-c4YZDc-TSZdd ndfHFb-c4YZDc-vyDMJf-aZ2wEe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-i5oIFb" aria-label="Showing viewer." tabindex="0"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-bnBfGc ndfHFb-c4YZDc-zTETae" tabindex="0" aria-label="Displaying Papyrologica_n4_1994_p087-114.pdf."></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-K9a4Re" style="bottom: 0px;"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-E7ORLb-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe-OWB6Me ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none; left: 17px; display: none; opacity: 1;" aria-disabled="true" data-tooltip-unhoverable="true" data-tooltip-delay="500" data-tooltip-class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tk3N6e-suEOdc" data-tooltip-align="r,c" data-tooltip-offset="-6"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DH6Rkf-AHe6Kc"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-Bz112c ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DH6Rkf-Bz112c"></div></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tJiF1e-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe-OWB6Me ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none; right: 17px; display: none; opacity: 1;" aria-disabled="true" data-tooltip-unhoverable="true" data-tooltip-delay="500" data-tooltip-class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tk3N6e-suEOdc" data-tooltip-align="l,c" data-tooltip-offset="-6"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DH6Rkf-AHe6Kc"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-Bz112c ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DH6Rkf-Bz112c"></div></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-q77wGc" style="opacity: 1;"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DARUcf-NnAfwf-i5oIFb" style="" aria-label="Page 1 of 27"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DARUcf-NnAfwf-tJHJj">Page</div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DARUcf-NnAfwf-cQYSPc">1</div><span class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DARUcf-NnAfwf-hgDUwe">/</span><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-DARUcf-NnAfwf-j4LONd">27</div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-nJjxad-nK2kYb-i5oIFb" style=""><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-to915-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-nJjxad-m9bMae-LgbsSe VIpgJd-TzA9Ye-eEGnhe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe-OWB6Me" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none;" data-tooltip-unhoverable="true" data-tooltip-delay="500" data-tooltip-class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tk3N6e-suEOdc" data-tooltip-align="b,c" data-tooltip-offset="-6" aria-label="Zoom out" data-tooltip="Zoom out" aria-disabled="true"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-Bz112c"></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-to915-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-nJjxad-hj4D6d-LgbsSe VIpgJd-TzA9Ye-eEGnhe" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none;" tabindex="0" data-tooltip-unhoverable="true" data-tooltip-delay="500" data-tooltip-class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tk3N6e-suEOdc" data-tooltip-align="b,c" data-tooltip-offset="-6" aria-label="Fit to width" data-tooltip="Fit to width"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-Bz112c"></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-to915-LgbsSe ndfHFb-c4YZDc-nJjxad-bEDTcc-LgbsSe VIpgJd-TzA9Ye-eEGnhe" role="button" style="-moz-user-select: none;" tabindex="0" data-tooltip-unhoverable="true" data-tooltip-delay="500" data-tooltip-class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-tk3N6e-suEOdc" data-tooltip-align="b,c" data-tooltip-offset="-6" aria-label="Zoom in" data-tooltip="Zoom in"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-Bz112c"></div></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-LzGo7c" style="display: none;"></div></div><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-K9a4Re-nKQ6qf ndfHFb-c4YZDc-TvD9Pc-qnnXGd" role="main"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-EglORb-ge6pde ndfHFb-c4YZDc-K9a4Re-ge6pde-Ne3sFf" role="status" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Loading" style="display: none;"><div class="ndfHFb-c4YZDc-EglORb-ge6pde-RJLb9c ndfHFb-c4YZDc-AHmuwe-wcotoc-zTETae"><div class="ndfHFb-aZ2wEe" dir="ltr"><div class="ndfHFb-vyDMJf-aZ2wEe auswjd"><div class="aZ2wEe-pbTTYe aZ2wEe-v3pZbf"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-LK5yu"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pehrl-TpMipd"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-qwU8Me"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pbTTYe aZ2wEe-oq6NAc"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-LK5yu"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pehrl-TpMipd"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-qwU8Me"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pbTTYe aZ2wEe-gS7Ybc"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-LK5yu"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pehrl-TpMipd"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-qwU8Me"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pbTTYe aZ2wEe-nllRtd"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo-e9ayKc aZ2wEe-LK5yu"><div class="aZ2wEe-LkdAo aZ2wEe-hj4D6d"></div></div><div class="aZ2wEe-pehrl-TpMipd">.... etc.

Regards,

K.AYAD

Report · Nov 01, 2020

This is not a PDF file. It is a HTML file. Acrobat Reader can't open HTML files.

Report · Nov 02, 2020

OK.

Thank you very much, I'll try to open those files with an explorer other than Microsoft Edge because it doesn't open with it neither and it tells me that "something went wrong".

Sorry for disturbing.

Regards,

K.AYAD

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Adobe Reader Opens correctly large files but can't open small files