Frustrating....  Have IE 6.0.   About a week ago, any link to a *pdf will not display the *pdf file.
If the link is to open a new window, it will do so, but the *pdf will not display.   I get a white screen with a LITTLE icon in the top left of the screen, "done" in the address bar at the bottom.
 
I have to Right click the link, "Save Target As", and then go pull the item up thru Windows explorer.
Adobe (7.0) fires up just fine, btw, thru Windows Explorer..

It is almost as if IE doesn't know what application to fire when it encounters a *pdf.   I've looked at Tools | Internet Options, but didn't see anything that looks like it would be of help...

Ideas???  The answer is file associations:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/associationswin.htmThe solution on the link you sent works fine....in WINDOWS EXPLORER, so thank you for that.   But the problem is that INTERNET EXPLORER will not launch any page whose link is a *pdf file...I suspect my learned friend has mis-read your post, or TEMPORARILY overlooked MIME associations.  There's no doubt some diabolical registry hack you can use to fix this but the easiest way of getting IE's Adobe plugin working correctly again is probably to uninstall and reinstall Adobe Reader.  Try that if you can.  In the meantime, you can always right-click on the PDF LINKS and save them, then open them up from Windows Explorer.Before you reinstall the Adobe virus try Foxit. Disembodied Head:

I must be learning... before recieiving your (what TURNED out to be 100% correct) advice, I went back to "Uninstall" Adobe with the intention of re-installing it from scratch.  I noticed the option to "Repair" said software, which I did, and now everything seems to be working as desired....

Thanks all for the help.... My eyes went faster than my brain. Must have been reading too many of Fed's anagrams!  Well Sages are very busy people, of course.Only marginally busier than, say, a prodigy?Oh, so you haven't forgotten your ROOTS yet, then?