How to Fix Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 Crash on Internet Explorer 7 Problem

Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 is the latest version, however it has conflicts with Internet Explorer 7. When you open pdf documents within Internet Explorer 7, the browser will crash.This happens in Windows XP environment but not tested in Windows Vista or Windows 7.
It’s not going to help even you re-install Acrobat Reader 9 or Internet Explorer 7. Here are two tweaks for the workaround.

  1. The first option is to uninstall Acrobat Reader 9 and install 8. If you don’t have Administraor Rights on the local machine, then you have to use the second method.
  2. Step 2


    The second option is to change the preference on Acrobat 9 so it won’t open pdf within the browser.

  3. Step 3

    Open Acrobat Reader 9, from the “Edit” menu; go to “Preferences”

  4. Step 4


    hand side panel, click On the left on “Internet”.

  5. Step 5

    Uncheck the box says: Display PDF in browser.

  6. Step 6

    Click “Ok” and exit Acrobat Reader 9, try to open pdf documents in the browser.

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