

Now hit F5 to refresh Nautilus and your PDF files will finally open with Adobe Reader. This will modify the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list accordingly, at least on Ubuntu 16.04 that is. Then click OK at the bottom to save the settings. If you often find that Adobe Acrobat Reader is not responding when trying to open or scroll through a PDF file, you can try the fixes below.

The app may hang or go into a suspended state trying to open a large PDF file. Select the form file you want to fill from where you have saved it. Uncheck the box for 'Show online storage when saving files'. With large PDF files, Adobe Acrobat Reader often struggles with opening them. Install and launch the PDFelement Pro program. If for some reason Adobe Reader is still not to be found in the list, run the following command to set it as default reader: for type in pdf x-pdf fdf xdp xfdf pdx do Go to Acrobat Reader Preferences > General. Let us know how it goes and share your observation. Now you should be able to right-click any PDF file and choose Adobe Reader 9 as your default PDF reader. Navigate to Edit>Preferences>General>Uncheck these two options 'Show online Storage when opening files' and 'Show online storage when saving files' You can fill the Adobe wish form to request a new feature or to request modifications in the existing feature Feature Request/Bug Report Form. MimeType=application/pdf application/vnd.fdf application/ application/+xml application/ Įxec=/opt/adobe/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread %UĬategories=Application Office Viewer X-Red-Hat-Base

In that case, add the following content to the file ~/.local/share/applications/sktop :
