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Open a pdf - how can I stop Windows Media Player ASSUMING default

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Patricia
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I download a pdf - and I want to store it in a file I keep for Adobe pdf's but I download it and it comes in and Windows Media player ASSUMES - it is a job for Windows - how do I fix this - because Windows Media Player - is not all it is cracked up to be and I want to choose all the defaults for myself - would it be better to uninstall Media Player - I have Media Monkey - and the only program to download a pdf - IMnsHO is Adobe so I would want to make Adobe my default for opening and storing - pdf's My Purpose is to download and store in pdf format - recipes from Noreen's Kitchen - for this I MUST have Adobe and I do - the latest version - but When Windows Media dives in - it seems to cut Adobe off Bad that - please help

I download a pdf - and I want to store it in a file I keep for Adobe pdf's but I download it and it comes in and Windows Media player ASSUMES - it is a job for Windows - how do I fix this - because Windows Media Player - is not all it is cracked up to be and I want to choose all the defaults for myself - would it be better to uninstall Media Player - I have Media Monkey - and the only program to download a pdf - IMnsHO is Adobe so I would want to make Adobe my default for opening and storing - pdf's My Purpose is to download and store in pdf format - recipes from Noreen's Kitchen - for this I MUST have Adobe and I do - the latest version - but When Windows Media dives in - it seems to cut Adobe off Bad that - please help

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Patricia
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I am very sorry - I have posted in a misleading way -

My Complaint is about Windows Media Center - not Windows media player I see that I have posted a confusion - very sorry - can you help me now - have I clarified it for now

Patricia
Patricia Question owner

I have tried to uninstall Windows Media Center and it says I need permission to do that - Perhaps I should leave it alone it was hard enough to scrape it off the task bar

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Thank you cor-el you have helped me AGAIN and I am - as I was last time BEST PLEASED - the solution looks simplicity itself and all the best solutions are supposed to be the simple ones - what I must do now it to save the two on my Top Sites Homepage until I can print them off - they will need saving they are so good