Friday, November 6, 2015

Unable to open .zip file in .pdf document

Error: Acrobat cannot open the file attachment because your PDF file attachment settings do not allow this file type to be opened.


















To fix this issue follow below steps:

1.       Open Regedit.exe using administrator privileges
2.       Browse for below path
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11(Verison)\FeatureLockDown\ cDefaultLaunchAttachmentPerms and on right pane double click tBuiltInPermList.
3.       Locate in the value list, .zip:3 and edit to read .zip:1 this changes the behavior to prompt the user for an action (save or open).
4.       Close Regedit window and open Adobe.