

You can do this by opening Reader X and choosing Edit | Preferences | General. One solution that appears to work is to disable Protected Mode for the Reader. Several earthly solutions have been discovered throughout the forums and social media.

This problem seems to be an interaction between Windows 7 and Adobe Reader X and not the browsers themselves. The actions that seem to act as a trigger for this error are attempting to open a PDF file with Internet Explorer or Firefox. If it is running, please exit and try again. The specific error that keeps creeping up generates the following message: “There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Resolutions to the problems can be found here on earth and do not involve the use of other-world technologies.

We doubt the problem could be solved by watching reruns of the X-Files or asking Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of the FBI for some alien technology. The problems seem to be recurring with the combination of Windows 7 and Adobe Reader X. We have seen people reporting problems with the Windows 7 operating system and PDF files.
