What I understood Rose to say is that when she clicks on a PDF URL, the PDF file opens in Notepad instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0/4.0. This problem begins when, upon clicking on a PDF file anywhere (a web site URL or file on the hard drive), one tries to open the PDF file and Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed, the computer "suggests" an application to use, such as Notepad, and the cursed checkbox is checked saying "Do you want to use this application forever with this file name extension (PDF)?", and we click to open. If that block is checked and it is an erroneous selection, you cannot undo that selection, even when later you install Acrobat Reader. Until the computer crashes and we reformat, we are stuck with the computer trying to open PDF files with Notepad! UNLESS, there is someone out there that can tell us how to cast out this demon spell. What I did to successfully work around that problem (but not fix it) was to download the PDF file to my hard drive. Then I would open my Acrobat Reader, and then open the file from Acrobat Reader. Worked like a charm. To actually fix the problem, I just waited for my computer to crash -- which of course it did eventually -- and I reformatted my hard drive. From now on, when that screen "Do you want to be forever cursed with using this file extension with the highlighted software?" If I don't know for sure, I UNCHECK THAT BLOCK!!! So, my question, and Rose's, is "How can one fix this little problem without reformatting the computer and reinstalling all of the software and data files again?" Woody ~~~~~~~<>~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I am trying to read Birth/Death records online. I have Acrobat > Reader 4.0. When I try to open the file it opens in Notepad > and it is not readable. I cannot find out how to change it so > it will ask me what program to use to open it. Normally > when this is needed to read it opens it automatically. > Thank You > Rose