I just went back and reread Lizette's post; I think she may have omitted the word "not".
If so, from what I think she meant, there must have been an Adobe Reader update a couple months ago which may have installed a 64-bit version of its shell extension. === > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:28:19 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Searching for a cross=reference list of manuals ... > To: [email protected] > > I had this problem a while ago when I bought > a new laptop with Windows 7. > > As I understand it, Windows Explorer calls > a "shell extension" called "pdfshell.dll", usually > provided by your PDF file viewer of choice. > > The shell extension that comes with Adobe Reader > is 32-bit. Windows 7 Explorer is 64-bit. They don't > work together. > > If you download an alternative PDF file viewer, > it may have a 64-bit shell extension which will > provide the missing functionality. I believe I > went with something from Tracker Software, > which solved the problem. (It was free!) > > The good: Once the shell extension is installed, > you can still use Adobe Reader as well as, or > instead of, the alternative PDF file viewer. > > The bad: The first time I go into Windows > Explorer to look at my downloaded IBM Pubs > (about 500 books, or so), it does take a minute > or two to populate the title field, one at a time. > > The ugly: Microsoft does not feel obliged > to provide this function as standard. * > > * I believe Microsoft has had past legal > problems involving PDF, despite its being > an accepted standard. Microsoft also does > not supply a "print to PDF" printer. You can > download these also. > > === > > > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 08:28:10 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Searching for a cross=reference list of manuals ... > To: [email protected] > > <snip> > > I have Windows 7 and for a long time it would display TITLE. However, in > the last couple of months TITLE are now appearing. Make sure you are > current on your Adobe and Window 7 maintenance. I am not able to determine > when or how (fix) it got fixed, but it does work. > > Lizette > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
