Adobe Acrobat auto launching -- How to stop it

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Does anyone know how to stop Acrobat from auto launching when you download a .pdf file?
I am ftping .pdf files (using fetch) quite a bit and am getting sick of acrobat launching when I ftp a bunch of pdf's onto my desktop.

David
 
You can select a PDF, get info, and change "open with" to Preview, and set apply to all on it.

Of course, the easier way would be to just delete Acrobat Reader...

:)
 
You can select a PDF, get info, and change "open with" to Preview, and set apply to all on it.
Click to expand...

That only takes care of part of the problem. If I change all of the pdf to open with Preview, then I still have the following issue:
If I ftp (using a graphical ftp tool) a folder of 50 pdf's to my computer, Preview (or acrobat) will open each and every one of those darn pdf's.

I'm trying to stop acrobat or Preview from auto-opening all of the pdf's that I download.
 
Here's the solution (I hope ;) ):

1. Open Fetch
2. Select "Post-processing..." from the "Customize" menu.
3. Find the File Type "Portable Document Format" -- click once on it -- and click "Disable." That way it sticks around in case you ever want it back.
4. Click "OK"

'Hope that helps. :)

-- Steve
 
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