"You do not have a pdf viewing application installed"

[xylplxym]

Hi all,

Has anyone found a workable solution to the error message in the subject line?

I'm running LT 2014 on Win 7 64 machine.  When plotting to "DWG to PDF.pc3" the error message appears.  Very strange because it happened all of a sudden without any changes to my computer. 

I've shutdown and restart.  I've tried clicking and unclicking "Open in PDF viewer when done," background Plotting and Publishing, this http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2010-2011-2012-DWG/Publish-PDF-viewer-not-loading/m-p/3642902#...

Nothing seems to work.  Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[pendean · Accepted solution]

What does your Windows OS default to using when you double click on a PDF file?

[xylplxym]

That's it!  Awesome!  You guys are great...thanks! 

It wasn't an acad problem after all. 

[Anonymous]

Have you ever installed any PDF viewing tools yet? I wonder which kind of PDF viewer are you using? Any recommendation? Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Arron

[pendean]

Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on just about every PC on the planet. There are dozens more that are faster.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much, your forum really helped me swim out of my problem from QuickBooks while printing W-2's for my employees.

Awesome

[Anonymous]

Adobe is my default but it still does not work when I publish a bunch of sheets.

[pendean]

Can you elaborate on exactly what the issue is, also list your AutoCAD and Windows versions? We have a full office full of users and no one has this issue.

[Anonymous]

this does not seem to work for me.  i have uninstalled adobe and reinstalled, restarted my computer and played with the functions the options menu in autocad as recommended.  still running into the problem with " you do not have a PDF viewing application installed."

[pendean]

Read this https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/quot-you-do-not-have-a-pdf-viewing-application-installe...