Glad you got it resolved, Wilbour.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
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"Wilbour" <Wilbour@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi again Ramesh,
>
> Sorry for the delay. I did learn about ERUNT, and did the backup. It
> seems
> to be a very good tool to have.
>
> I changed the CLSID to {CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}, as I
> understood you suggested. It resulted in that IE did not launch "PDF
> Converter 3", and tried to open Acrobat 4, but failed. Instead I got two
> error messages:
>
> Could not launch Acrobat
> An internal error has occurred
>
> I then tried your alternative suggestion, and just re-installed Acrobat 4.
> That solved the problem.
>
> I had hoped our exercise would have taught me how to do it some other way,
> but at least I learnt one way to do it. I of course also learnt about a
> few
> other things like ERUNT.
>
>
> Thank you for all your help
>
>
> Wilbour
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Acrobat Reader 4 sets the CLSID to {CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}
>>
>> And creates this REG setting.
>>
>> ==============================
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Exe]
>> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 4.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe\""
>>
>> ==============================
>>
>> If this setting does not help in your case, see if reinstalling Acrobat
>> Reader 4 (on top) helps. Before that do a complete backup of the
>> registry.
>>
>>
>> [ERUNT] Registry Backup and Restore for Windows
>> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
>>
>> [ERUNT Download URLs]
>> http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip
>> http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe
>>
>> [Installing & Using ERUNT]
>> http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
>> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-on...runt/erunt.txt
>>