HOW TO: Fix the 64 bit nightmare?
March 17, 2010 Leave a comment
With many applications from Autodesk having moved to 64 bit platforms OR maybe your firm anticipated such a move and have 64 bit desktops already, you may have come across at least this single snafu – PDF preview in outlook and in windows explorer (you know, when you do one of the ICON views). The dang thing just doesn’t work. Something about blah blah blah and no preview.
Oh yeah, the “handler” is out to lunch and ain’t coming back. Nothing more frustrating (ok, maybe a bit of an overstatement) than having to OPEN the attached PDF to see it. Man, we’re roughing it now….
Well, it seems this has gone on for an extended period of time where Adobe & Microsoft haven’t included any resolution to this – um – feature. Here’s the quick to the SLOW:
I mean here’s the link to the fix, geesh….
http://www.pretentiousname.com/adobe_pdf_x64_fix/
Clearly, this is a humble fellow with a unique sense of humor…
Enjoy!
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