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Hello,
This just started today. My pdf files will not open as I get a message telling me that "Paint cannot read this file. It is not a bitmap or any other image file". I have never had this happen to me before and have no idea how this happened. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Do you have a PDF reader installed? If not....................
Foxit Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/
If you do have a PDF reader installed, create an association.
Right click on the file.
Select: Open With from the pop-up
menu.
Click: Choose [default] Program.
Select: Your PDF reader
program.
Check: Always use the selected program to open this kind of
file.
Click OK.
