[Solved] Adobe Update has changed files to an unopenable PDF format

[Ron]

I just did an Adobe Update and it has converted lots of my files to a PDF format that cannot be opened.

Anybody else had this problem and found a solution.

 

Ron

[RandyL]

Hi Ron.

Was this Adobe Reader? It sounds like a file association issue. Right click a file and choose "open with". Find the program that should open the file and select "always use" to set the default program for opening it.

 

Also a System Restore will change the file associations back to before the update.

[Ron]

Many thanks for the input Randy.

I tried a system restore but of course the problem appeared after a weekends work updating and downloading lots of files and the restore did not work.

After your advice I just took the plunge and moved further back in time and it has worked OK this time.

 

again many thanks

 

Ron

[RandyL]

Glad to hear that Ron. Hopefully it won't happen again after you update again.