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Correct answer by krishnaa0205Hi, I faced the same problem: Here is how I got on top of it:
1. On Windows 10: Click on MS icon on left corner of the task bar (4 rectangles or windows sign)
2. Right click > Control panel > Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations
3. Sort by Description (Other available options are Name, Current Default)
4. You will notice that the (Adobe Acrobat Document) PDF files have been associated with Chrome html or other similar file types like firefox etc
5. Click any one file name which is the 'errant file type'
6. Click on the Change Program button which will open a fresh Dialogue box
7. Say OK, Save, and exit.
8. Wait for 15-20 secs, (could be longer if you have many many files to be reset).
9. Go back and open any file which was previously acting funny and Voila! it is all set and you are back to the normal world!
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AkanchhaS
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Hi Larryh69182467,
It could be a possibility that the default app for pdf file has been changed.
Right Click on any pdf in your computer > Open With> Choose Another App> Select Adobe Reader (Select Check box "Always Use this App to open .pdf files)
Check the pdf's again .
Let us know if that doesn't help.
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Akanchha
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Remove the Adobe Reader Extension from Chrome if you have it. It has a setting that converts PDF files to HTML on download.
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Bernd Alheit
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Where can you see a Adobe Reader Extension for Chrome?
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Type chrome://extensions/ on the address bar and it will take you to the Extensions menu, if you see the Adobe Reader Extension there just click remove
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There is no Adobe Reader extension.
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then you have a different problem, sorry :confused_face:
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Bernd Alheit
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I have no problems. There doesn't exists a Adobe Reader extension for Google Chrome.
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worked perfectly thanks
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Yes. It helped a lot. Thanks. Got back as pdf files.
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It did not help.
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What are you saving them from? Are these files that you are opening in Adobe Reader and saving or are they documents online that you are opening in Chrome and saving?
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I am UNABLE to change Chromes protocols. It saves every document be it a .pdf or a .doc as a chrome page. Do I need to use a different web browser to stop this from happening? Figures Google would F-Up a good thing by acting like a religious cult and crap UGH!!
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There is really no such thing as a Chrome PDF. Or an Adobe PDF. The key thing to realise is that Windows looks at the file name to see what it ends with and decides what kind of file it is. So every file whose name ends .pdf is always described the same and opens the same App. So this isn't happening when a PDF is saved, it already happened. Changing the default app, as the first app describes, should fix it unless Chrome changes it right back, which is possible. Or, you didn't check the right "always use this app" box.
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search for defaults in the windows search and open DEFAULT APP SETTING and there in the end u can see the CHOOSE DEFAULT APPS BY THE FILE TYPE click on that ...... and wait for 10-15 sec for the results of all extentions ... after that search for the .pdf file type and there u can choose the default app as adobe reader... done thats all!!!! i hope this helps...
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Boom. Thanks so much for this!
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Thank you @shubhampotter! This worked to fix it!
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great answer! thank you.
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Hello, I tried this, and downloaded a free adobe to my computer. chose it as my default for pdf downloads on chrome. unforturnately it didn't work, and document appears as "invalid document" when i try to save it. so I switched back to save as chrome html, and now I can't save anything! not sure what went wrong. but now i'm worse off.
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Hi, I faced the same problem: Here is how I got on top of it:
1. On Windows 10: Click on MS icon on left corner of the task bar (4 rectangles or windows sign)
2. Right click > Control panel > Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations
3. Sort by Description (Other available options are Name, Current Default)
4. You will notice that the (Adobe Acrobat Document) PDF files have been associated with Chrome html or other similar file types like firefox etc
5. Click any one file name which is the 'errant file type'
6. Click on the Change Program button which will open a fresh Dialogue box
7. Say OK, Save, and exit.
8. Wait for 15-20 secs, (could be longer if you have many many files to be reset).
9. Go back and open any file which was previously acting funny and Voila! it is all set and you are back to the normal world!
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Thank you! I'm not the OP, but had the same issue and this fixed it - you're awesome!
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@krishnaa0205
I ran into this same issue when I switched to Windows 10. But it was only with the Chrome browser and not Firefox. I would save a pdf from Chrome and it would save it with a .pdf extension and look like it was a pdf but when attempting to open the file, Adobe program would state the file was in the incorrect format or the file was corrupt.
Your instructions were the only thing that worked. Even though the .pdf file type was already set to the correct program, I re-set it to the Adobe program again and now it works. Thank you so much for posting this. Such an odd quirk that was causing me issues.
Thanks,
Cindy
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First THANK YOU for a real solution (as long as Chrome /Google doesn't decide to hijack my system again.
I can't believe Google/Chrome has this known issue since 2015 and earlier. Bottom line, they just want everyone to accept their new HTML links to a document using their Chrome PDF viewer. "Once you open the HTML link it is the PDF document you are seeing..." Such a crock because if you try to "upload" their HTML link you get an error message (because it is NOT the PDF document.) So I can see my PDF's but I can't upload them to other service providers (like dropbox, or PostImage.org etc)
If Google changes this setting back (like after an update or something) I will dump all my Google platforms, not just Chrome. I can't believe they are not allowing me to save a file type to my OWN HARD DRIVE in the format I wanted. (not the G cloud)
Thanks for your help...
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Hi Larryh69182467,
It could be a possibility that the default app for pdf file has been changed.
Right Click on any pdf in your computer > Open With> Choose Another App> Select Adobe Reader (Select Check box "Always Use this App to open .pdf files)
Check the pdf's again .
Let us know if that doesn't help.
Regards,
Akanchha
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Type chrome://extensions/ on the address bar and it will take you to the Extensions menu, if you see the Adobe Reader Extension there just click remove
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What are you saving them from? Are these files that you are opening in Adobe Reader and saving or are they documents online that you are opening in Chrome and saving?
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I am UNABLE to change Chromes protocols. It saves every document be it a .pdf or a .doc as a chrome page. Do I need to use a different web browser to stop this from happening? Figures Google would F-Up a good thing by acting like a religious cult and crap UGH!!
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There is really no such thing as a Chrome PDF. Or an Adobe PDF. The key thing to realise is that Windows looks at the file name to see what it ends with and decides what kind of file it is. So every file whose name ends .pdf is always described the same and opens the same App. So this isn't happening when a PDF is saved, it already happened. Changing the default app, as the first app describes, should fix it unless Chrome changes it right back, which is possible. Or, you didn't check the right "always use this app" box.
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search for defaults in the windows search and open DEFAULT APP SETTING and there in the end u can see the CHOOSE DEFAULT APPS BY THE FILE TYPE click on that ...... and wait for 10-15 sec for the results of all extentions ... after that search for the .pdf file type and there u can choose the default app as adobe reader... done thats all!!!! i hope this helps...
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Hello, I tried this, and downloaded a free adobe to my computer. chose it as my default for pdf downloads on chrome. unforturnately it didn't work, and document appears as "invalid document" when i try to save it. so I switched back to save as chrome html, and now I can't save anything! not sure what went wrong. but now i'm worse off.
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Hi, I faced the same problem: Here is how I got on top of it:
1. On Windows 10: Click on MS icon on left corner of the task bar (4 rectangles or windows sign)
2. Right click > Control panel > Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations
3. Sort by Description (Other available options are Name, Current Default)
4. You will notice that the (Adobe Acrobat Document) PDF files have been associated with Chrome html or other similar file types like firefox etc
5. Click any one file name which is the 'errant file type'
6. Click on the Change Program button which will open a fresh Dialogue box
7. Say OK, Save, and exit.
8. Wait for 15-20 secs, (could be longer if you have many many files to be reset).
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Thank you! I'm not the OP, but had the same issue and this fixed it - you're awesome!
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@krishnaa0205
I ran into this same issue when I switched to Windows 10. But it was only with the Chrome browser and not Firefox. I would save a pdf from Chrome and it would save it with a .pdf extension and look like it was a pdf but when attempting to open the file, Adobe program would state the file was in the incorrect format or the file was corrupt.
Your instructions were the only thing that worked. Even though the .pdf file type was already set to the correct program, I re-set it to the Adobe program again and now it works. Thank you so much for posting this. Such an odd quirk that was causing me issues.
Thanks,
Cindy
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First THANK YOU for a real solution (as long as Chrome /Google doesn't decide to hijack my system again.
I can't believe Google/Chrome has this known issue since 2015 and earlier. Bottom line, they just want everyone to accept their new HTML links to a document using their Chrome PDF viewer. "Once you open the HTML link it is the PDF document you are seeing..." Such a crock because if you try to "upload" their HTML link you get an error message (because it is NOT the PDF document.) So I can see my PDF's but I can't upload them to other service providers (like dropbox, or PostImage.org etc)
If Google changes this setting back (like after an update or something) I will dump all my Google platforms, not just Chrome. I can't believe they are not allowing me to save a file type to my OWN HARD DRIVE in the format I wanted. (not the G cloud)
Thanks for your help...
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