PDF files wont open

[ranber]

I have Adobe reader 7 installed on a Mac Powerbook, but when i click a pdf attachment in an email it downloads it rather than opens its. then I have to go find it click "open with" find adobe and click that. If I just click it, it opens with another program that doesnt recognise it. When installing Adobe reader I did select it to be the default pdf reader.

 

[Debaser626]

Get info on a PDF (Apple+I) Under "Open with" make sure it's set to Acrobat, even if it is, I'd click off of Acrobat, and to Preview, and then switch back to Acrobat checking the "Change All" button. If that doesn't work, you may want to delete the com.apple.finder.plist file in Users/Library/Preferences folder. If it still doesn't work try logging on as a different user and see if that clears up the problem. If it does, you have a faulty preference file in the above folder. Try deleting Acrobat prefs and other plist files which would pertain to directing the OS to open up files (don't empty the trash in case you delete a necessary plist file, you can always put it back in if you need to)