Hello all, Having a big network problem today, suddenly for some reason when users try to open pdf files from a network drive they get an error: 'Acrobat could not open file xxx because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged'. Also we have issues opening office files. For example when opening an excel doc we get ' the file you are trying to open is in a different format than specified by the file extension, verify that the file is not damagesd etc'.if i try to open a word doc the file conversion windows shows.this is only happening on 1 server and not others.any ideas what could be causing this? Opening local file or files form other servers work ok.

Having a problem with email attachments not opening. Adobe reader could not open pdf because it is not a supported file type or has been damaged. We recently added a. Resolve the damaged document error when. The product now refuses to open the small fraction of PDFs that do not correctly start. Adobe Reader could not open. (Solved) - Adobe won't connect to a DDE server (8 posts) Started 5 years ago by misdeed. I can't uninstall Adobe to try & re install & start again. What exact message are you getting when trying to open. Open then on task bar the Adobe logo comes up & saays Fatal Error Adobe cannot connect to a DDE server.

Game Moto Trial. I am not a 100%, but since Adobe Acrobat Reader X, there was a protection setting for UNC file paths. Since this sounds like your issue give it a try. Substitute 10.0 with whatever version you are using. REG ADD 'HKCU SOFTWARE Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.0 Privileged' /v bProtectedMode /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Source: EDIT: If you just updated Acrobat and this issue occured, see this patch notes: Under Security section. 35824 Protected Mode and DFS (managed share locations/UNC/mount points/redirected folders) not working properly when opening files from MS-DFS.

EDIT2: Second solution also seems to be to point to the file inside the program, not via the browser. That might also help.