#73: Chrome fails to load PDF: "cannot use adobe pdf in your browser"

Action:
Click on any PDF link in Chrome

Full text of error:
Adobe Acrobat
"Cannot use Adobe Reader to view PDF in your web browser. Reader will now exit. Please exit your browser and try again."

Background:
I have a version of Adobe Acrobat Pro installed, and it seems to be colliding with Adobe Reader.

upgrade to newest version of reader

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by upgrading to the newest version of reader (i downloaded adobe reader 9) , i work around this issue. the installation also integrates the new reader to the browser, and the old version of adobe acrobat editor is no longer the go-to app (and doesn't trigger the error)

reading pdfs in chrome, happy as a clam.

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Adobe - Adobe Reader download

http://get.adobe.com/reader/ - found by Unknown_user_icon k7lim on December 24, 2009, 02:06 PM UTC

Adobe - Adobe Reader

http://get.adobe.com/reader/thankyou/?installer=Reader_9.2_English_for_Windows - found by Unknown_user_icon k7lim on December 15, 2009, 06:17 PM UTC

download page for 9.2 windows adobe reader install, attempting fix

Tags: adobe install Windows exe

Issue 19430 - chromium - cannot use adobe reader to view pdf in your web browser. reader will now exit. please exit your browser and try again. - Project Hosting on Google Code

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=19430 - found by Unknown_user_icon k7lim on December 15, 2009, 06:12 PM UTC

This thread has a lot of discussion about fixes, most of which look too complicated. Looks like Adobe Acrobat 8 is the issue. Maybe gotta upgrade to 9?

Tags: google code thread forum bug