Adobe Acrobat auto launching -- How to stop it

[podmate]

Does anyone know how to stop Acrobat from auto launching when you download a .pdf file?
I am ftping .pdf files (using fetch) quite a bit and am getting sick of acrobat launching when I ftp a bunch of pdf's onto my desktop.

David

[serpicolugnut]

You can select a PDF, get info, and change "open with" to Preview, and set apply to all on it.

Of course, the easier way would be to just delete Acrobat Reader...

:-)

[podmate]

You can select a PDF, get info, and change "open with" to Preview, and set apply to all on it.

That only takes care of part of the problem. If I change all of the pdf to open with Preview, then I still have the following issue:
If I ftp (using a graphical ftp tool) a folder of 50 pdf's to my computer, Preview (or acrobat) will open each and every one of those darn pdf's.

I'm trying to stop acrobat or Preview from auto-opening all of the pdf's that I download.

[SkyNite]

Here's the solution (I hope ):

1. Open Fetch
2. Select "Post-processing..." from the "Customize" menu.
3. Find the File Type "Portable Document Format" -- click once on it -- and click "Disable." That way it sticks around in case you ever want it back.
4. Click "OK"

'Hope that helps.

-- Steve

[podmate]

Thanks SkyNite! That did the trick.

[SkyNite]

Originally posted by podmate
Thanks SkyNite! That did the trick.

Great! 'Glad it helped.

-- Steve