On 8/11/05, oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Also what is your "mime type" set for? (right click on any PDF file > you have on your machine and select properties - select the Open With > tab. if Adobe does not show up there, click on the "ADD" button. If > Adobe is not in your menus you will need to select the "use custom > command" to open up the file requester, find the acroread program and > select open. Then make this your default in the properties window. > > That should do it. Good Luck > > Scott Thanks. That does the trick. Now my Thunderbird also defaults to acroread. However, the "Do this automatically . . ." box is still greyed out. Still would like to know how to solve this problem.