Nov072011

Why do all my desktop icons now Adobe Reader icons?

jaypal asks:

I opened one shortcut with Adobe Reader, and suddenly all my shortcut icons are showing the Adobe Reader file type. When I open any of them, Adobe Reader opens instead of the program. How can I fix this?



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FIDELIS

November 7, 2011

Hello, this is a very common question asked regularly.  To fix your issue you could start by reading and trying the steps recommended in the following links:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/change-fix-broken-file-type-associations-windows-7/

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Jeff Fabish

November 7, 2011

Hi JayPal,

You need to reset file associations. Adobe Reader is known to currupt registry entries, so I recommend using an alternate PDF reader such as Foxit or PerfectPDF.