David E. Ross wrote: > On 12/31/12 9:53 AM, BIll Spikowski wrote: >> Ed Mullen wrote: >>> BIll Spikowski wrote: >>>> I'm a longtime Seamonkey user with multiple computers at different >>>> locations. >>>> >>>> They all run Windows XP and are set up identically, to open PDF links >>>> in a new tab. >>>> >>>> For the past week or two, each computer frequently has the same >>>> problem. Instead of PDF links opening, I get a blank grey screen that >>>> says "Check for updates... Click here to activate plugin." This used >>>> to happen occasionally and could be corrected by closing Acrobat.exe >>>> in Task Manager and reloading the PDF link, but now it happens very >>>> frequently on every computer -- and my old fix never works. >>>> >>>> Has anyone else encountered this problem? It just kills me to have to >>>> keep switching to clunky IE to open PDF links! >>>> >>> >>> Check in Tools - Add-ons Manager to see if there is a Adobe PDF plugin >>> and deactivate it. Also, go into Adobe Reader and turn off updates. >>> >>> And unless you have some love for Adobe Reader, uninstall and get the >>> free Foxit PDF reader: >> >> >> I have no love for Adobe Reader, but I use the full Adobe Acrobat >> version 9.5, which is listed as a plug-in in the Add-ons Manager. If I >> disable that, do you know what will happen? Is that decision easily >> reversible? >> >> I hesitate to turn off Adobe updates, given the dire security warnings >> they keep providing! >> >> I'm normally happy just to experiment, but when it comes to the >> interaction of Adobe Acrobat and Seamonkey, it's a complete mystery to >> me, and I've learned to hesitate tinkering with a PDF setup that >> finally works for me... >> > > Your Adobe Acrobat 9.5 -- is that the reader or the writer? > > I found out years ago that if you install the writer, you need to > reinstall the reader. Yes, they will work okay without doing that; but > SeaMonkey will then view PDF files in the writer instead of the reader. > > Also, you should turn off updates. On the reader's menu bar, select > [Edit > Preferences > Updater], select the last radio button, and then > the okay button. Periodically, manually check > <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> to see if there is a new version. > > The current version of the reader is 11.0.
My Acrobat 9.5 is the full version of Acrobat -- which includes all the reader functions, but also all the writer functions, plus the PDF editing functions. SM (and Firefox) often seems to confuse these two programs. For instance, on my office computer, the Add-ons Manager correctly reports Adobe Acrobat 9.5.1 as my plug-in, but its update link would replace it with Adobe Reader 11, which for me would be a huge downgrade in functionality. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
